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, 15 August 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, Munirudeen Oyebamiji, and the African Democratic Congress candidate, 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.
“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.
“INEC must use this last off-cycle election as a test case to demonstrate to Nigerians their full preparedness for the 2027 polls,” he added.
