The Adamawa State Independent Electoral Commission (ADSIEC) on Monday held a strategic meeting with security agencies at its headquarters in Yola as part of final preparations for the conduct of the June 13, 2026 local government elections in the state.
The meeting was convened to strengthen coordination and ensure a peaceful, credible and orderly electoral process across all 21 local government areas of Adamawa State.
Speaking at the session, the Chairman of ADSIEC, Alhaji Mohammed Umar, said the commission had concluded extensive preparations and remained committed to delivering a free, fair and transparent election.
He said the commission had fixed Saturday, June 13, 2026, for the conduct of the polls and had already undertaken key preparatory activities, including screening of candidates in January, engagements with political parties, and procurement and production of sensitive and non-sensitive election materials.
According to him, ballot papers, ballot boxes, result sheets and other essential materials had been produced and are already in the custody of the commission.
Umar disclosed that distribution of electoral materials to the various local government areas would commence on Thursday to ensure timely deployment ahead of the election.
He further revealed that 11 political parties would participate in the polls, including the APC, APP, APM, SDP, ADC, PDP, YPP, BOOT, ACCORD, NNPP and AP.
He explained that while all 11 parties had fielded councillorship candidates, only four political parties presented both chairmanship and councillorship candidates across the state.
The ADSIEC chairman emphasized the importance of security agencies in ensuring peaceful conduct of the election, noting that effective collaboration remained critical to maintaining law and order before, during and after the polls.
He expressed optimism that the election would be peaceful, transparent and acceptable to all stakeholders.
Security representatives at the meeting reaffirmed their readiness to support a safe electoral process across the state.
