Ekiti Election: INEC Pledges Fair Process As Governorship Candidates Battle For Supremacy

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Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that it is prepared to hold a successful governorship election in Ekiti State.

Festus Okoye, Chairman of INEC’s Information and Voter Education Committee, said the commission would use the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the June 18 election.

This was during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, June 14.

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Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC Chairman, is already in the south-western state, according to Okoye, who also confirmed that stakeholders will sign the peace pact on Wednesday.

Okoye said;

Expect a good (governorship) election in Ekiti State. The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission was in Ekiti two weeks ago on readiness assessment.
We visited five local government areas and all the non-sensitive materials have already been diced in accordance with registration areas. Presently the chairman is in Ekiti State and there is going to be a stakeholders’ engagement today and tomorrow, there will be a signing of the peace accord.
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