LG Poll: LASIEC takes peace campaign to obas’ palaces

In continuation of its efforts towards ensuring that the Local Government elections scheduled for July 22, 2017 in Lagos State are peaceful and violence-free, the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission ( LASIEC ) has enlisted the support and cooperation of traditional rulers in the State.

Towards this end, the Commission has visited the palaces of leading monarchs in the State where it met with the monarchs and religious leaders on the elections.

Mrs Toyin Ibrahim-Famakinwa, a Commissioner in the Commission who addressed the monarchs and religious leaders on behalf of the Chairman of the Commission, Justice Ayotunde Phillips (Rtd), in all the palaces visited, explained that the Commission embarked on the visit to inform the monarchs and religious leaders about the forthcoming elections into the 57 Local Governments and Local Council…