Tinubu calls for peaceful election in Osun, charges security agencies to protect voters, INEC officials

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja

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.

The people of Osun State will go to the polls on 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, APC, candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, and the African Democratic Congress, ADC candidate, Hon. Najeem Salaam.

President Tinubu also 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.