Nigeria, June 13 -- The National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Joash Amupitan, disclosed on Friday that the commission conducted extensive security mapping ahead of the governorship election in Ekiti State and identified about 469 polling units, out of the total 2,445 polling units in the state, as potential flashpoints.

Mr Amupitan stated this on Friday evening in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, during an interactive session with media executives.

INEC is conducting the off-cycle governorship poll on Saturday 20 June.

Mr Amupitan, a professor, explained that the findings had been shared with security agencies under the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES), leading to plans ...