President Bola Tinubu has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission and the security agencies to ensure a peaceful and transparent election in Osun State.
This is even as he charged the electorate in Osun State to come out to discharge their civic responsibility and eschew any act that could disrupt the peaceful conduct of the election, while assuring the people of their safety before and after the polls.
“As the people of Osun State head to the polling units to elect who will govern them in the next four years, I call on the Independent National Electoral Commission to ensure orderly conduct of the election. The election must be transparent, free and fair. I urge INEC to ensure the integrity of the process,” the President said.
He added NEC must use this last off-cycle election as a test case to demonstrate to Nigerians their full preparedness for the 2027 polls.
The President, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said he has charged the Inspector-General of Police and other heads of security outfits taking part in the election to provide maximum security at polling units, stressing that no room should be allowed for troublemakers to disrupt the process.
He noted that Electoral officials and voters must be protected so they can perform their civic duties without fear or intimidation.
The President urged voters to go out confidently and in large numbers to vote for the candidate of their choice, assuring them that all necessary measures had been put in place to ensure a peaceful, free and fair election.
“Our elections must be credible, and the outcome of the Osun Governorship election must reflect the will of the people,” President Tinubu declared.
The people of Osun State will go to the polls tomorrow, Saturday, August 15, 2026, to elect their governor in an election where 15 candidates are contesting. Among them are the incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke, the All Progressives Congress candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, and the African Democratic Congress candidate, Hon. Najeem Salaam.
