Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) has disclosed that list of screened candidates contesting for chairmanship positions in the November 16 Local Government Election in the state would be out on Monday, October 14, 2024

OGSIEC’s Chairman, Mr Babatunde Osibodu made this known while addressing newsmen on Thursday at the Commission’s Headquarters in Abeokuta, the state capital shortly after screening some candidates contesting on the platform of All Progressive Congress(APC)

Osibodu divulged that screening exercise went on smoothly as verification of candidates were zoned into to the three senatorial districts so as to make the process flawless, insisting that no candidate of any political parties would contest in the election without being screened

He maintained that OGSIEC would conduct a free and fair and local government election across the 20 council areas, saying the political parties and the people could place their trust on the commission for the conduct of credible election

”I have said it a hundred times, trust the process, I guarantee you that at the end of it, everybody would see that we are fair” Osibodu said

The Commissioners at OGSIEC, Mr. Tunji Akoni, while speaking during the exercise, motivated the candidates to liase with electorates directly and make sure they campaign to the grassroot level to win their councils

While speaking separately on the screening, candidates including:.Mr Babatunde Diya (Odogbolu LG), Mr Azeez Balogun (Abeokuta South LG), Mr Theophilus Olorode (Imeko Afon LG) lauded OGSIEC for conducting the screening in a remarkable way.