NNPP Confirms INEC Access Codes For Osun Election

The National Secretary of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Dipo Olayoku, has said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun issuing access codes to political parties for the Osun State off-cycle governorship election.

Olayoku, however, said he was not certain whether the commission had started issuing access codes for the 2027 presidential and general elections.

Speaking with Vanguard, he commended INEC for its efforts, saying the commission had been working under pressure.

“INEC has started giving out access codes for the uploading of polling agents for the Osun State off-season governorship election.

“As for the 2027 general elections, they promised to start issuing the access codes yesterday. I have not reached out to my office to know if they have collected it. But I think generally, we should commend INEC.

“The workload has been very heavy and choking, especially going by the 2026 Electoral Act, which was not done in good faith by the National Assembly,” he said.

Olayoku said INEC had recently conducted an off-cycle governorship election in Ekiti State and bye-elections in six states.

He added that political parties were also compounding the commission’s challenges with litigations arising from internal wrangling.

“This constitutes a huge distraction to INEC,” he said.