INEC schedules Osun guber election mock accreditation exercise August 1

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced that it volition behaviour a mock accreditation workout connected Saturday, August 1, 2026, arsenic portion of preparations for the August 15 Osun State governorship election.

According to a nationalist announcement signed by Ariyo Rufus, Head of Department, Voter Education, Publicity, Gender and Inclusivity connected behalf of Oluwatoyin Babalola, the INEC Osun State Resident Electoral Commissioner, the said the workout was aimed astatine assessing its operational readiness and investigating the ratio of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS up of the governorship poll.

INEC stated that the workout would simulate Election Day accreditation procedures but clarified that nary voting would instrumentality spot during the exercise.

The committee explained that “the mock accreditation would beryllium conducted successful selected polling units dispersed crossed the 3 senatorial districts of Osun State, covering Osun Central, Osun East and Osun West.

“In Osun Central Senatorial District, the selected section authorities areas are Osogbo, Olorunda, Ifelodun and Boripe, with designated polling units identified for the exercise.

“For ...