Osun election: Atedo Peterside questions INEC over ‘missing results’ from 62 polling units

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Atedo Peterside

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By Bayo Wahab

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President and founder of Anap Foundation, Atedo Peterside, has questioned the Independent National Electoral Commission over the non-uploading of results from 62 polling units on its Result Viewing (IReV) portal following the Osun State governorship election.

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Peterside raised the concerns in a post on X on Sunday, a day after INEC declared Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party winner of the election.

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He said while Adeleke’s victory had been established, the electoral commission still needed to account for the outstanding results on its platform.

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“As at 8.50am on the day after the elections (today), INEC’s IREV had 98.35% of the results uploaded instead of 100%,” Peterside said.

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“INEC must still explain why they have NOT uploaded the results from 62 Polling Units out of 3,763 Polling Units,” he added.

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Peterside also argued that the election demonstrated the importance of strong voter participation in preventing electoral malpractice.

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“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.

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He urged citizens and stakeholders to continue scrutinising INEC’s conduct, stressing the need for greater accountability in the electoral process.

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Peterside said the outstanding results might no longer affect the outcome because Adeleke had already been declared winner, but maintained that the commission should nevertheless explain the delay.

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He added that stakeholders must “hold INEC’s ‘feet to the fire’” to ensure transparency and accountability in future elections.

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INEC declared Adeleke winner after he secured 511,067 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress, who polled 444,815 votes.

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