ADC disagrees with INEC over South-West PVC pre-registration figures

The ADC further noted that the numbers reported for Osun surpassed historical voter participation levels in the state.

“Even at its highest point of political mobilisation in 2022, Osun has never produced more than 823,124 votes cast in the Governorship Election. Now, by some miracle, nearly 20 percent of all eligible adults in the state have rushed to register. This is not just unusual, it is statistically implausible,” Abdullahi said.

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The party also drew attention to broader regional disparities, pointing out that the South-West alone accounted for 848,359 pre-registrations — about 67 percent of the national total. By contrast, the entire South-East recorded just 1,998 registrations, while the North-East posted only 6.1 percent of the overall figure.

“Three states — Osun, Lagos, and Ogun — make up 54.2 percent of all pre-registrations in Nigeria, while five states combined — Ebonyi, Imo, Enugu, Abia, and Adamawa — barely recorded 4,153, or 0.2 percent,” the statement said.

“These fantastic figures suggest either another technical ‘glitch’ in INEC’s digital registration system, or a more troubling possibility of deliberate manipulation of data to lay the ground for a more sinister agenda in the coming elections. In either case, INEC has some explanations to give,” the party warned.

Emphasising the centrality of the voter register to credible elections, the ADC cautioned that any compromise at the registration stage could undermine public trust.

“The voter register is the foundation upon which the entire electoral process rests. If the foundation is compromised, it brings the integrity of the elections into question,” Abdullahi said.

The party called on INEC to urgently conduct and publish a full forensic audit of the first-week pre-registration data, with a state-by-state breakdown of both physical and online registrations.