2025 LG Polls: Elections will hold in 13,325 polling units- LASIEC

…warns against vote buying 

The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) has said the July 12 council elections would be held in 13,325 polling units across the state, saying 6,214, 975  Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) were collected while 8450 were uncollected.

Chairman of the Commission, Justice Bola Okikiolu-Ighile (retd) disclosed this during a press conference on Thursday.

Okikiolu-Ighile added that the Commission had been engaging with the stakeholders including Persons Living With Disabilities (PWDs), media, and political parties to promote inclusivity and transparency.

Speaking on the call made by a group of protesters on Tuesday at the House of Assembly, She explained that it is only the Court of law that can stop the conduct of the election.

” We issued notice elections and election guidelines and before then we visited all the Commission’s offices in LG and LCDAs.  We partnered with relevant organisations to sensitize voters and educate them on the electoral process. We went to markets, bus garages and the 3 senatorial districts. Materials have already been deployed to various LASIEC zonal offices. We have trained our staff and done the validations”.

Okikiolu-Ighile added ” Voting process starts by 8am and end at 3pm. Each voter shall cast her or his vote where registered”, adding ” We have ensured the polling units are nearer to the voters and we are given the PWDs priority and they can come to the polling units with assistants. We are given priority to pregnant women, and aged ones. I want to urge voters not to engage in vote- buying “.

She assured voters of adequate security during the election, saying there would be four security officers at each polling unit.

“We assured of credible elections and deviod of violence, harassment, appealing to all candidates to uphold democratic ethos”, said Okikiolu-Ighile.