A total of sixty-two thousand, 62,393 eligible voters are expected to participate in the Saturday April 9 Bye election into the Ife central state constituency, Osun state.
INEC resident electoral commissioner in charge of the bye election Nasiru Ayilara stated this while briefing newsmen on the commission’s level of preparedness for the poll.
Ayilara who maintained that INEC is prepared to conduct a free, fair and credible poll come Saturday, disclosed that the materials for the bye election were already in the custody of the commission and would be distributed on Friday for upward movement to the local government.
He also assured the 817 adhoc staff of INEC of their safety.
The Bye election would take place in 168 polling units of 11 wards in Ife central local government area of the state.
The Ife central state constituency in the osun House of Assembly became vacant following the death of the minority leader of the house, Oladejo Makinde, on December the 27th, 2015.
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