The Chairman of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC), Barrister Hasim Abioye, has pledged his readiness to serve the state with the utmost fear of God and honesty, devoid of favoritism or nepotism.

Barrister Abioye made the pledge while hosting some notable Ikirun youths in the service of the Osun State Broadcasting Corporation (OSBC), who were on a solidarity visit to one of their own, now the new OSSIEC chairman.

He reiterated his earlier position that he is no longer a card-carrying member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but a legal practitioner with over one-and-a-half decades of experience, ready to bring his expertise to bear on the new state assignment.

Comrade Lateef Agboola, the chairman of NUJ, OSBC Chapel, who spoke on behalf of other Ikirun indigenes during the visit, raised the issue of partisanship allegations. The OSSIEC chairman insisted that he now heads a neutral electoral umpire, prepared to prove to the world that the youth have the capacity to rescue the country.

The delegation earlier commended Governor Ademola Adeleke for considering Ikirun for such an enviable position and expressed their readiness to provide maximum support for the resounding success of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission chairman, Barrister Hasim Abioye.