The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has raised serious concerns over the credibility of figures released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in its first-week report of new Permanent Voter Card (PVC) pre-registrations.
In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party described the numbers as “statistically implausible,” warning that if left unchecked, they could undermine public confidence in Nigeria’s electoral process.
According to INEC’s data, Osun State alone recorded 393,269 pre-registrations in just seven days—surpassing the 275,815 voters added in the state between 2019 and 2023. The ADC noted that the figure suggests nearly 20 percent of all eligible adults in Osun rushed to register in a single week, a feat it said defies both demographic reality and past voting patterns.
The party further pointed out glaring regional disparities, stating that the Southwest accounted for 848,359 registrations—about 67 percent of the national total—while the entire Southeast managed fewer than 2,000 registrations. It noted that Osun, Lagos, and Ogun together made up 54.2 percent of the national figure, while five states combined—Ebonyi, Imo, Enugu, Abia, and Adamawa—barely recorded 4,153.
“These fantastic figures suggest either another technical glitch in INEC’s system or, worse, deliberate manipulation of data to lay the ground for a sinister electoral agenda,” Abdullahi warned.
The ADC therefore called on INEC to conduct and publish a forensic audit of the pre-registration data, including a state-by-state breakdown of both physical and online registrations, as well as server logs and access records.
The party also urged other opposition groups, civil society organisations, and election monitoring bodies to jointly interrogate the anomalies and press for transparency.
“The voter register is the foundation of our democracy,” the statement stressed. “If the foundation is compromised, the integrity of the elections is at risk.”
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