By Asiwaju Adekunle Saheed
The Independent National Electoral Commission has called on traditional rulers across the country to deploy their moral authority to mobilise eligible voters for the 2027 General Election and promote peaceful, issue based political campaigns.
INEC Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, made the appeal in Lagos when he led the Commission’s leadership on a courtesy visit to the Oba of Lagos, Oba Riliwanu Babatunde Osuolale Aremu Akiolu, at the Iga Idunganran Palace, as part of the Commission’s South West Zonal Readiness Assessment ahead of the 2027 polls.
Amupitan formally informed the Oba of the election dates, with the Presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled for Saturday, January 16, 2027, and the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections holding on Saturday, February 6, 2027.
He said INEC is working toward an election that is technologically driven, transparent and inclusive, but stressed that technology alone could not guarantee a successful election, insisting that people, not systems, ultimately build a democracy.
The Chairman appealed to traditional rulers to use their influence to encourage residents to complete voter registration processes and collect their Permanent Voter Cards as statutory deadlines approach.
He further sought the intervention of the Oba of Lagos and the Lagos Traditional Council in promoting issue based political campaigns and discouraging hate speech, character assassination and inflammatory rhetoric as political activities intensify ahead of the elections.
The Oba of Lagos welcomed the Commission’s decision to begin its zonal readiness assessment in Lagos, expressing optimism about the success of the exercise under Amupitan’s leadership.
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