Osun Gov poll will be conclusive, INEC assures
July 13, 2022
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured the July 16 Osun governorship elections will be conclusive at the first ballot.
To achieve this, the commission said it is deploying five national commissioners and 12 resident electoral commissioners to supervise the election.
The inspector general of police Baba Akali also disclosed that 21,000 operatives will be drafted for the election to protect the process.
INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, gave the assurance at a stakeholders’ meeting in Oshogbo, the state capital.
Yakubu also reassured political parties that it will remain neutral, adding that the electorate will determine who wins the election.
According to him the commission has learnt lessons from the identified issues in the conduct of the 2018 governorship election in the state