Osun 2026: INEC urges security agencies to protect collation centres

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has appealed to the Nigeria Police and different information agencies to supply capable extortion for collation centres and identified volatile areas during the forthcoming governorship predetermination successful Osun State.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, successful the state, Dr. Mutiu Agboke, made the entreaty connected Thursday during a stakeholders’ engagement held crossed Egbedore, Orolu, and Irepodun section authorities assembly areas.

Dr. Agboke urged information operatives to enactment intimately with the committee to guarantee a creaseless electoral process and assured stakeholders that, with corporate cooperation, the committee would state lone candidates duly elected by voters arsenic winners astatine the extremity of the poll.

“Security agencies should beryllium proactive. If you assistance america unafraid the collation centres, results volition beryllium safe,” helium said.

Agboke, portion describing immoderate effort to disrupt the predetermination arsenic an enactment against nationalist interest, cautioned against the dispersed of misinformation, stating that immoderate quality not officially released by INEC should beryllium regarded arsenic mendacious and disregarded by the public.

Addressing corps members, helium warned against inducement by politicians and manipulation of effect sheets, noting that specified actions would pull prosecution.

The REC besides urged governmental parties to adhere strictly t...