OYSIEC releases LG election timetable, fixes January 16, 2027
The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission has fixed January 16, 2027, for the next local government council elections.
It also assured residents of a transparent, credible, and peaceful electoral process.
In a statement on Friday, the commission said that the date was picked by the leadership of OYSIEC at the end of its management meeting at its Headquarters in Ibadan.
According to the statement, the inaugural meeting, presided over by the commission’s chairman, Babatunde Adeniyi, provided a platform to share ideas and brainstorm on the Commission’s mandate to conduct a peaceful and acceptable election.
The commission said that the elections shall be conducted in all polling units across the 33 local government councils in Oyo on a date between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
It said further that electioneering campaigns shall end by midnight, January 15, 2027, while an off or re-run election will be held on January 23, 2027, if any.
“By virtue of the Local Government Law of Oyo State of Nigeria (as amended), the tenure of the chairmen and councillors in the 33 local government councils in Oyo State will expire on the 23rd of May, 2027.
“The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission is empowered by Section 28(1) of the Electoral Act, 2022 (as amended), to issue notice for the election not later than three hundred and sixty (360) days before the date of the election.
“Pursuant to the provisions of Section 28 of the Electoral Act, 2022 ( as amended), Section 5 (a), and Paragraph (1) of Schedule 11 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 thirty three (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 said.
The statement called for the support and cooperation of relevant stakeholders in delivering its mandate to conduct free, fair, credible, and transparent local government council elections.
(NAN)
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