The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) has fixed Saturday, January 16, 2027, for the conduct of local government elections across the state, assuring residents of a transparent, credible and peaceful electoral process.
The decision was announced in a statement issued on Thursday and made available to journalists in Ibadan. According to the statement, the resolution was reached during an inaugural meeting between the Chairman of the commission, Mr Babatunde Adeniyi, and members of OYSIEC’s leadership and management team at the commission’s headquarters in Agodi, Ibadan.
Adeniyi said the meeting focused on the commission’s statutory mandate to organise and conduct acceptable and peaceful local government council elections in the state.
He disclosed that voting would take place between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. in all polling units across the 33 local government councils of Oyo State.
The OYSIEC chairman also announced that electioneering activities would end at midnight on Friday, January 15, 2027, while any run-off or re-run election arising from the polls would be conducted on Saturday, January 23, 2027.
According to the commission, the tenure of the current chairmen and councillors in the 33 local government councils will expire on May 23, 2027, in line with the provisions of the Local Government Law of Oyo State (as amended).
The statement further explained that OYSIEC is empowered under Section 28(1) of the Electoral Act, 2022 (as amended), to issue a notice of election not later than 360 days before the election date.
“Pursuant to the provisions of Section 28 of the Electoral Act, 2022 (as amended), Section 5(a), and Paragraph (1) of Schedule II of the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission Law, Cap 154, Laws of Oyo State, Nigeria, 2000, notice is hereby given that the local government council elections shall be conducted in all the polling units in the 33 local government councils in Oyo State on Saturday, January 16, 2027, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.,” the statement read.
OYSIEC called on political parties, security agencies, civil society groups and other stakeholders to support the commission’s efforts to ensure the successful conduct of free, fair, credible and transparent local government council elections on the scheduled date.
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