The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Joash Amupitan, has assured voters in Ekiti State that their votes will count in the June 20 governorship election, while taking a hard line on vote-buying.
Amupitan described vote buying as a criminal offence that must be met with immediate arrest and prosecution.
He gave the assurance on Wednesday in Ado Ekiti during a programme tagged “Readiness Assessment Towards June 20, 2026 Governorship Election and Presentation of Voters Register to Political Parties,” attended by leaders of the 13 political parties participating in the election, civil society organisations, the media and INEC staff.
The INEC chairman disclosed that the updated voters register, compiled following a recent continuous voter registration exercise, contains 1,059,660 registered voters and urged Ekiti people to turn out on election day.
Citing the recently concluded Anambra governorship election as a benchmark, Amupitan said, “I want to assure you that your votes will count. Let me give the example of the Anambra State election.
