Tinubu to INEC, security agencies: Protect Osun voters, ensure credible election

From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
President Bola Tinubu has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies to ensure a peaceful, transparent and credible governorship election in Osun State, warning that voters and electoral officials must be protected from intimidation.
The President gave the charge on the eve of Saturday’s governorship election, in which 15 candidates are vying for the governorship of the state.
Among the leading contenders are the incumbent Governor, Ademola Adeleke; the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji; and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate, Hon. Najeem Salaam.
In a ...