- Osun Election: INEC Questioned Over 62 Missing Results On IReV
- Adeleke defeated Oyebamiji with 511,067 votes to 444,815 votes.
- Peterside urged INEC to explain the delay and ensure accountability.
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that President and founder of Anap Foundation, Atedo Peterside, has questioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over its failure to upload results from 62 polling units to the Result Viewing (IReV) portal during the Osun State governorship election.
Peterside raised the concern in a post on 𝕏 on Sunday, following INEC’s declaration of Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party as the winner of the election.
Adeleke was declared winner after securing 511,067 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who polled 444,815 votes.
Reacting to the development, Peterside acknowledged Adeleke’s victory but said INEC should still publish the outstanding polling unit results.
“As at 8.50 am on the day after the elections (today), INEC’s IREV had 98.35% of the results uploaded instead of 100%.
“INEC must still explain why they have NOT uploaded the results from 62 Polling Units out of 3,763 Polling Units,” Peterside said.
Peterside also said the election highlighted the importance of voter participation in reducing the possibility of electoral malpractice.
“Some of us refuse to get carried away by the #OsunGuber2026 Election result. The only thing it really proves is that a large voter turnout (43.4% in Osun is high by recent Nigerian standards) is the best antidote to rigging,” he said.
He urged citizens and other stakeholders to continue monitoring INEC’s activities and demand greater accountability in the electoral process.
According to Peterside, the outstanding polling unit results may no longer affect the final outcome because Adeleke has already been declared winner.
However, he maintained that INEC should explain why the results from the 62 polling units had not been uploaded to the IReV portal.
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