The Ogun State Independent electoral commission (OGSIEC) has screened 160 Chairmanship candidates and 1,266 Councillorship Candidates for October 8, 2016 elections into 20 Local government areas (LGAs), 37 Local Council development areas (LCDAs), 236 Wards and 113 Area Units.
The Chairman of OGSIEC screening committee and Commissioner III, Barr. Mutiu Agboke said this while addressing Journalists and bloggers.
Newspapers Online gathered the information that out of 17 Political parties that presented the candidates for the Screening, All Progressives Congress (APC) had highest number of the Candidates with 57 Chairmanship candidates and 349 Councillorship candidates, two factions of People's Democratic Party (PDP) also presented candidates, Engr. Bayo Dayo's faction had 47 Chairmanship candidates while Hon. Sikirullahi Ogundele's faction had 30 Chairmanship candidates, United Democratic Party (UDP) had 17 Chairmanship candidates, Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) had 16 and Alliance for Democracy (AD), Social Democratic Party (SDP), United Progressives party (UPP) had 1 Chairmanship candidate each.
Mutiu Agboke said the Comprehensive list of all the candidates who are contesting for Chairmanship and Councillorship positions would still be officially released by the commission after the consideration of the Candidates who missed the Screening because of one reason or the other.
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