The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) has scheduled the next local government council elections for Saturday, January 16, 2027. The commission has pledged to ensure the electoral process is transparent, credible, and peaceful.
This decision was reached during the commission’s inaugural management meeting held at its headquarters in Agodi, Ibadan. Presided over by the Chairman, Dr. Babatunde Afees Adeniyi, the meeting served as a forum to strategize on delivering a peaceful and widely accepted poll.
In a statement released to journalists on Thursday, the commission specified that voting will take place across all polling units in the state’s 33 local government areas from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on the set date. The campaign period is mandated to conclude by midnight on Friday, January 15, 2027, with any necessary off-cycle or re-run elections to be held on Saturday, January 23, 2027.
The statement reads: “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 commission also called on all relevant stakeholders to offer their support and cooperation to facilitate free, fair, credible, and transparent elections.