Nigeria, June 12 -- The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Joash Amupitan, on Thursday said the 20 June Ekiti governorship poll would serve as a benchmark for transparency in the 2027 elections.

Mr Amupitan also said the commission has no preferred aspirant or political party in the election, but in solitary alignment with the law and the sovereign will of the Nigerian people.

The INEC boss stated these at the Ekiti State Governorship Election Stakeholders Forum, organised by the commission and held in Ado Ekiti, the state capital.

He explained that the logistics plan has been perfected, just as arrangements with the National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) and the National Union of Road Tran...