{"id":176499,"date":"2025-08-28T18:08:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T17:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/adc-raises-alarm-over-voter-registrations-in-south-west"},"modified":"2025-08-28T19:16:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T18:16:32","slug":"adc-raises-alarm-over-voter-registrations-in-south-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/adc-raises-alarm-over-voter-registrations-in-south-west","title":{"rendered":"ADC Raises Alarm Over Voter Registrations in South-West"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has expressed alarm over what it described as \u201cstatistically implausible\u201d figures in the first batch of Permanent Voter Card, PVC, pre-registration data released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.<\/p>\n

According to INEC\u2019s figures, Osun State alone recorded 393,269 pre-registrations in one week. The ADC noted that this was higher than the 275,815 new voters added in the state between 2019 and 2023, a period of four years.<\/p>\n

ADC in a statement issued on Thursday by<\/p>\n

Bolaji Abdullahi, National Publicity Secretary, argued that the figures defied logic, pointing out that Osun, at the peak of political mobilisation in 2022, recorded 823,124 votes in the governorship election.<\/p>\n

The party questioned how nearly 20 percent of all eligible adults in the state have now rushed to register within seven days.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe anomalies become even more glaring when viewed in the context of the overall registration report,\u201d ADC said.<\/p>\n

According to the party, INEC data shows that the South West accounted for 848,359 pre-registrations\u2014representing 67 percent of the national total\u2014while the entire South East recorded just 1,998.<\/p>\n

ADC further noted that Osun, Lagos, and Ogun states combined made up 54.2 percent of all pre-registrations in Nigeria, while five states\u2014Ebonyi, Imo, Enugu, Abia, and Adamawa\u2014barely recorded 4,153, or 0.2 percent.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese fantastic figures suggest either another technical \u2018glitch\u2019 in INEC\u2019s digital registration system or a more troubling possibility of deliberate manipulation of data,\u201d the ADC warned, insisting that the integrity of the 2027 general elections could be at risk if the voter register is compromised.<\/p>\n

The party called on INEC to immediately conduct and publish a forensic audit of the first-week pre-registration data, including a breakdown of physical and online registrations, as well as server logs, bandwidth distribution, and regional access reports for the registration portal.<\/p>\n

It also urged opposition political parties, civil society groups, fact-checkers, and election observers to interrogate the data and press INEC for accountability.<\/p>\n

The ADC further invited the international community, including the United Nations, African Union, ECOWAS, and Nigeria\u2019s democratic allies, to take early interest in the anomalies.<\/p>\n

It warned that unresolved flaws in the voter register could have grave implications for national stability.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe credibility of our democracy cannot be left to chance. Silence in the face of these anomalies would amount to complicity,\u201d Abdullahi said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has expressed alarm over what it described as \u201cstatistically implausible\u201d figures in the first batch of Permanent Voter Card, PVC, pre-registration data released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. According to INEC\u2019s figures, Osun State alone recorded 393,269 pre-registrations in one week. 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