INEC intensifies security plans ahead of Osun governorship poll

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has stated that extended hazard assessments and collaboration with information agencies are cardinal to its plans for a peaceful governorship canvass successful Osun State.

The Commission besides revealed that it is seeking collaboration with information agencies to measurement up information preparations for the August 15 governorship predetermination successful the state.

Speaking during a stakeholders’ gathering successful Osogbo, the Osun Resident Electoral Commissioner, Oluwatoyin Babalola, said the Commission had completed information evaluations crossed each 30 section authorities areas and shared its findings with information agencies to enactment predetermination planning.

The meeting, convened by the Deputy Inspector General of Police successful complaint of the South-West, DIG Adegoke Fayoade, brought unneurotic heads of information agencies, electoral officials, spiritual leaders and members of the media. Osun State Commissioner of Police Ibrahim Gotan was besides successful attendance.

Babalola said INEC had entered what she described arsenic its amber portion of predetermination mentation and had trained its unit successful hazard absorption to amended their readiness up of the exercise.

“We person besides cond...