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The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Joash Amupitan, has declared that there will be no manual accreditation during the Osun State governorship election, insisting that biometric verification through the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, remained the only statutory method for accrediting voters.
Amupitan made the declaration on Thursday in Osogbo during the formal signing of the Osun State Governorship Election Peace Accord ahead of the August 15, 2026 governorship poll.
The event was organised by the National Peace Committee, NPC, and attended by political parties, security agencies, traditional rulers and other stakeholders.
The INEC chairman assured residents that the commission had reached an advanced stage of preparedness for the election, stating that seven out of the nine activities in the election timetable had already been…
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