Osun election must be free, fair - President Tinubu charges INEC ahead of Saturday poll

President Tinubu has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission and security agencies to ensure a peaceful, transparent, and credible governorship election in Osun State scheduled to hold on Saturday, August 15, 2026, with 15 candidates contesting the governorship seat. Among the candidates are the incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, the All Progressives Congress candidate, Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, and the African Democratic Congress candidate, Najeem Salaam. In a statement issued on Friday and signed by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu urged INEC to ensure the integrity of the electoral process and ...