The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has denied accusations by the African Democratic Congress, ADC, that it is planning to manipulate the 2026 governorship election in the state through the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, exercise.
Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, commenced the CVR exercise on Monday, August 18, 2025 with online registration. Physical registration subsequently started on Monday, August 25, 2025, at all INEC offices statewide.
Reacting in a statement issued on Saturday, signed by Kola Olabisi, its Director of Media and Information, APC described ADC’s claims as false and frivolous and insisted that the party was attempting to justify its imminent loss at the polls.
According to the Osun APC, the allegations are baseless and were borne out of fear of defeat.
“The ADC is accusing the state APC of masterminding and perfecting the forthcoming governorship election rigging through the ongoing voters’ registration exercise.
“We understand the plight of the ADC for raising such unsubstantiated rigging allegations against the APC which was verifiably borne out of the fear of the imminent loss of the election,” the statement added.
APC labelled ADC as an internally displaced party seeking excuses for another poor electoral performance.
“The preposterous and cacophonous noise being made about the registration of voters by the ADC is attention-seeking in order to attract unmerited publicity,” the APC declared.
The statement urged the public to dismiss the allegations, saying they were fabrications.
“The allegations of the ADC against the APC should be disregarded as it is within a realm of a mere fabrication skilfully concocted to create an issue which has refused to either sit or fly,” the party said.
The APC while maintaining that it did not need to rig to win, claimed that it remained the party to beat in the state, with defections from other political parties allegedly strengthening its ranks.
The party insisted that no protest by the ADC would prevent its members from fully participating in the registration process.
“We want to advise the ever jittery and constantly spooky ADC handlers that they should learn how to choose their fight and face the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) if at all they have any justified issues with the electoral umpire instead of engaging in a rigmarole and gibberish without any profitability in sight.
“There’s no amount of make-believe protest by the ADC members and their leaders that will deter our ever-loyal members and supporters to double up their efforts on the ongoing voters’ registration exercise,” it said.
The APC also dismissed the notion that it was responsible for mobilising ADC members and emphasised that mobilising voters for registration was not unlawful.
“If the ADC are waiting for us to mobilise for them for the voters’ registration exercise, they are making the greatest mistakes of their lives as they will wait in vain till eternity.
“Our check has shown that there’s no law that outlaws the mobilisation of people in the ongoing voters’ registration exercise,” the APC said.
While encouraging its supporters to register and obtain their voters’ cards the party added that the ADC’s accusations were an admission of weakness.
“It is an admission of failure for a supposed political party to be crying blue murder when a fortified party like ours at all its levels is busy laying a constitutionally allowed foundation of the brightest showing in the incoming elections,” the statement said.
