Nigeria, Feb. 21 -- As the controversy surrounding the conduct of tomorrow's council poll in Osun State festers, the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday told residents to ignore the position of the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi's position on the illegality of the exercise, saying they should troop out to cast their votes.

In a statement issued on Thursday, the AGF described the planned local government poll as illegal and unconstitutional, taking into cognisance the 10 February Court of Appeal judgement in Akure, which reinstated councils' chairpersons and councillors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2022.

Mr Fagbemi averred tha...