The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, has solicited the support of Ekiti State traditional rulers to ensure a peaceful governorship election on June 20, 2026.
Amupitan made the appeal on Thursday during a stakeholder engagement with the Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers in Ado-Ekiti.
The INEC Chairman was received by the Chairman of the Council, represented by His Royal Majesty, Oba Joseph Adebayo Adewole II, OFR, JP, who presided over the meeting. The monarch offered prayers for a peaceful, credible, and successful poll.
Addressing the royal fathers, Amupitan stressed the critical role of traditional rulers in fostering peace before, during, and after elections.
He noted that while electoral laws provide the framework for credible polls, sustainable peace is nurtured at the community level.
The INEC Chairman said the Commission was on its second readiness assessment visit to the state, reviewing logistics, technology, and security arrangements. He assured the Council of INEC’s preparedness and sought their support to preserve peace and democratic integrity in Ekiti.
He disclosed that 1,059,360 voters are registered for the election, including 66,664 new registrants captured during the recent Continuous Voter Registration exercise. The Automated Biometric Identification System, ABIS, removed 2,103 cases of double registration from the voters’ register.
Amupitan added that voting will hold across the state’s 16 Local Government Areas, 117 Registration Areas, and 2,445 Polling Units.
He said the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, will be deployed in all Polling Units as the sole means of accreditation, reiterating INEC’s policy of “No PVC, No Accreditation, No Voting.”
INEC Chairman Seeks Traditional Rulers’ Support for Peaceful Ekiti Governorship Poll
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