The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) has fixed January 16, 2027, for the conduct of local government council elections across the state, assuring residents of a transparent, credible and peaceful electoral process.
The commission announced the date in a statement issued on Thursday in Ibadan by its Chairman, Babatunde Adeniyi, following an inaugural meeting with OYSIEC’s leadership and management team at the commission’s headquarters in Agodi.
Adeniyi said the meeting focused on the commission’s constitutional mandate to deliver a peaceful and widely acceptable local government election in the state’s 33 local government councils.
According to the statement, voting will take place in all polling units across the state between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on the election day. Electioneering activities are expected to end at midnight on Friday, January 15, 2027.
The commission also disclosed that any run-off or re-run election arising from the polls would be conducted on Saturday, January 23, 2027.
Explaining the legal basis for the timetable, the statement noted that the tenure of the current chairmen and councillors in the 33 local government councils will expire on May 23, 2027, in line with the Local Government Law of Oyo State of Nigeria, as amended.
It added that OYSIEC is empowered under Section 28(1) of the Electoral Act, 2022 (as amended), to issue a notice of election not later than 360 days before the date of the poll.
“Pursuant to the provisions of Section 28 of the Electoral Act, 2022 (as amended), Section 5(a), and Paragraph (1) of Schedule II of the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission Law, Cap 154, Laws of Oyo State, Nigeria, 2000, notice is hereby given that the local government council elections shall be conducted in all the polling units in the 33 local government councils in Oyo State on Saturday, January 16, 2027,” the statement said.
OYSIEC also called on political parties, security agencies, civil society groups, and other stakeholders to support the commission in ensuring free, fair, credible, and transparent local government elections in the state.
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