Democracy Day: Tinubu Tasks INEC On Peaceful, Free, Fair Ekiti, Osun Guber Polls

President Bola Tinubu has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), security agencies and political parties to ensure peaceful, free, fair and credible governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States, warning that democracy fails when citizens lose confidence in the electoral process.
The President gave the charge on Friday in his Democracy Day address to the nation as Nigeria marks 27 years of uninterrupted democratic rule since the return to civilian governance in 1999.
Tinubu said the forthcoming elections in the two states presented another opportunity to strengthen democratic institutions and deepen public confidence in the electoral system.
“In the coming d...