Oyo To Hold Local Govt Elections In 2027

The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) has fixed Saturday, January 16, 2027, as the date for the next local government area elections in the state, assuring residents of a transparent, credible and peaceful electoral process.

This was part of the decisions made by the leadership of the commission at the end of its inaugural meeting with the management team of the commission at OYSIEC headquarters, Agodi, Ibadan.

The inaugural meeting presided over by the chairman of the Commission, Dr Babatunde Afees Adeniyi, provided a platform to share ideas and brainstorm on how the commission will deliver on its mandate of conducting a peaceful and acceptable local government council elections.

In a statement issued after the meeting and signed by the OYSIEC boss, elections shall be conducted in all the polling units in the 33 local government areas of Oyo State on the said date between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 pm.

It added that the electioneering campaign shall end by midnight, Friday, 15 January, 2027, while the off or re-run election will be held on Saturday, 23 January, 2027 if there is any.

“By virtue of the Local Government Law of Oyo State of Nigeria (as amended), the tenure of the chairmen and councillors in the thirty three (33) local government councils in Oyo State will expire on the 23rd of May, 2027.

”The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission is empowered by Section 28(1) of the Electoral Act, 2022 (as amended) , to issue notice for the election not later than three hundred and sixty (360) days before the date of the election.

“Pursuant to the provisions of Section 28 of the Electoral Act, 2022 ( as amended), Section 5 (a), and Paragraph (1) of Schedule 11 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 thirty three (33) local government councils in Oyo State on Saturday, 16 January, 2027, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m,” the statement read in parts.

It enjoined relevant stakeholders to give their support and cooperation to the Commission to organise and conduct free, fair, credible, and transparent local government area elections.