10,000 Security Agents, 16,000 Ad-hoc Staff Deployed For Oyo LG Poll

The Chairman, Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC), Mr Isiaka Olagunju has disclosed that over 10,000 security agents and about 16,000 ad-hoc staff are to be involved in the Saturday’s local government election.

The local government election is expected to take place in 6,398 polling units across the state.

This comes as political parties have expressed confidence in a free and fair local government election in Oyo on Saturday, just as they were upbeat about their chances.

Speaking, chairman, Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Mr Adegbenro Fagbemi said political parties were satisfied that the processes leading up to Saturday’s election were on track.

Fagbemi stated this as representatives of political parties at the OYSIEC headquarters in Ibadan, monitored the loading of electoral materials into trucks for distribution to the various polling units on Thursday.

He, however, said the IPAC’s ‘trivial’ concern was that it would have desired that each truck conveying electoral materials should also carry an IPAC member to monitor and ensure safe landing of the materials at OYSIEC offices.