By Oludamisi Ojo
The Osun State Independent Electoral Commission has described as misleading and malicious the information in the public space that the Court of Appeal sitting in Akure had struck out the matter filed before it by the Commission in respect of the ongoing matter before the Federal High Court, Osogbo.

OSIEC through its Director of Legal Services, Jacob Ayanyemi said” to put the records in the right perspective, the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission has challenged the PDP’s case at the Federal High Court, Osogbo that the matter was a “PRE-ELECTION” matter and must therefore follow the rules of pre-election cases.

“But when the Federal High Court pronounced that it is not a pre-election matter and that it should go on, OSIEC had to approach the Appeal Court in Akure who confirmed that the matter is truly a PRE-ELECTION matter and that the interlocutory appeal is withdrawn to allow the High Court Judge conclude the proceedings when the whole matter will come to the Court of Appeal again.

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Ayanyemi described mischievous and misleading information in the public space that the Court of Appeal has struck out the matter.

The Commission further said the action of the PDP’s Lawyer Hasheem Abioye who wrote on his Facebook page that the matter had been struck out is unethical when as a Minister in the Temple of Justice he knew that the appeal was withdrawn by the OSIEC counsel but decided to misrepresent and tell a lie of what never happened.

The Osun State Independent Electoral Commission however encouraged members of the Public to ignore the fake information in a section of social media as regards the matter.

It noted that the plans by the Commission to conduct credible and acceptable LG Polls this Saturday is very well alive.