Osun Election: IPAC members reject caretaker committee in Osun, demand election

By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo

Members of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Osun State have rejected the caretaker committee appointed by the council’s National Executive Committee (NEC), insisting that an election be conducted to replace the state executive whose tenure expired in February.

The state council had earlier scheduled an election to choose new executive members, but the exercise was postponed indefinitely after the national election committee failed to appear at the venue.

However, the NEC last week appointed the Chairman of the Action Peoples Party (APP) in Osun State, Odesola Oluseyi Titus, as caretaker chairman, a decision rejected by representatives of 15 of the 22 political parties in the state.

Addressing journalists in Osogbo on Saturday on behalf of the aggrieved parties, the Chairman of the Democratic Leadership Alliance (DLA), Dr. Tosin Odeyemi, flanked by chairmen of other political parties, described the appointment of a caretaker committee instead of conducting an election as unfortunate.