Osun Election: 1.9m PVCs collected, 432, 843 unclaimed – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 1,906,390 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) person been collected up of the Osun State governorship predetermination scheduled for Saturday, August 15, 2026.

The fig represents 81.50 per cent of the 2,339,233 registered voters successful the state.

Mohammed Haruna, president of INEC’s Information and Voter Education Committee, disclosed this successful a connection connected Friday.

Haruna said 432,843 PVCs, representing 18.50 per cent of registered voters, were inactive uncollected. He explained that the uncollected cards had been deposited with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) successful enactment with INEC’s procedures.

The committee besides said immoderate voters whose PVCs were lost, damaged oregon defaced had applied for replacement cards.

According to Haruna, 6,101 of those who applied for replacements printed downloadable copies of their PVCs.

“Similarly, it should beryllium noted that immoderate persons with damaged, defaced, oregon mislaid PVCs applied for replacement of their cards. A full of 6,101 among those who applied printed downloadable copies of their PVCs,” helium said.

INEC has besides published a polling-unit-by-polling-unit breakdown of co...