The Yoruba Youth Council, YYC, an umbrella organisation of Yoruba youths nationwide, has cautioned against anything likely to disrupt the incoming governorship election in Osun State, or discredit the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
In a statement at the weekend by its spokesman Saheed Adeola, quoting its YYC National President, Comrade Eric, YYC particularly faulted what it described as unnecessary alarm raised by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the African Democratic Congress, ADC over the number of registered voters credited to Osun State in the latest nationwide pre-registration exercise conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
According to INEC’s figures, Osun State recorded 393,269 pre-registrations, the highest in the country.
But some of the stakeholders including the PDP and ADC criticised the figures as unrealistic alleging fraud.
Responding, INEC had in a statement on Thursday by its chairman's spokesman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, debunked the allegations, explaining that the current figures are consistent with data from INEC’s 2021 online registration exercise, contrary to allegations.
Describing the alarm raised by the PDP and ADC as needless, the YYC said, “The figures for Osun State are not unusual.
“In any case, in the 2022 Governorship election in Osun State, PDP defeated the APC. It is therefore surprising that the PDP will now query the statistics.
“In fact, contrary to their claims, the number of registrants recorded in Osun State in the latest exercise aligned with the pattern recorded in 2021.
“For instance, Osun recorded 232,880 registrants in a similar exercise conducted by the same INEC in 2021. There is no significant difference in the data recorded for Osun State in 2021 and the figures of 393,289 2025 for the 2025 online pre-registration.
“Even at that, the Commission will still clean up the data, and publish the register for claims and objections by citizens before the exercise is finalised.”
YYC said, “Interestingly, they are querying the figures for Osun and the South West in the latest exercise but not those of the FCT.
“Rather than busy themselves in raisin an unnecessary alarm that amounts to storm in a tea cup, the PDP and ADC should participate in mobilising our people to register in the Continuous Voter Registration, instead of querying figures,vand heating up the polity unnecessarily”
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