The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced its complete operational, technological, and logistical preparedness for the Ekiti State Governorship Election set for Saturday, 20 June 2026.
The Commission’s Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, is personally overseeing a final pre-election meeting with key stakeholders in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday, 11th June 2026.
Amupitan addressed the Ekiti State Governorship Election Stakeholders’ Forum nine days to the election, providing a detailed readiness profile and issuing direct responsibilities to political parties, security agencies, the media, and civil society to ensure a credible electoral process.
The INEC Chairman revealed that the Commission has completed a clean, legally verified Register of Voters, which now includes 1,059,360 registered citizens, an increase from the 2023 figure of 987,647, following the successful addition of 66,664 new registrants during Phases I and II of the Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, initiative. He also noted that the Automated Biometric Identification System, ABIS, has effectively invalidated 2,103 instances of double registration, thereby enhancing the integrity of the voter roll.
These voters will cast their votes across 16 Local Government Areas, 177 Registration Areas (Wards), and 2,445 Polling Units, with the Commission aiming for all polling units to be activated simultaneously at precisely 8:30 a.m. on Election Day.
Regarding the Commission’s technological infrastructure, Prof. Amupitan confirmed that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, will be utilized in all 2,445 Polling Units as the exclusive tool for voter authentication and accreditation. Additionally, all results at the polling level will be transmitted directly to the INEC Result
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