The Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) has denied a notice circulating on social media about the upcoming local government elections scheduled for October 26, 2024. The commission’s chairman, Babatunde Osibodu, stated that the notice did not originate from OGSIEC and should be disregarded.
The fake notice had been signed and dated, but Osibodu confirmed that it was not authentic. He assured the public that official information regarding the 2024 Local Government Elections would be provided by the commission in due course and would be duly signed by authorized signatories.
The current local government officials were elected on July 24, 2021, and will complete their three-year tenure on July 26. A recent Supreme Court judgment has emphasized the need for democratically elected governments at the local level to access federal funding.