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#OsunDecides2026: Resident Alleges Vote Recording Error

From The Punch · () English

Translated from English, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • A resident, David Adesina, has alleged an error in vote recording at an Osun State governorship election polling unit.
  • He claims Accord Party votes were initially miswritten as '012' instead of '212' before correction.
  • Adesina appealed for the incident to be widely known to prevent potential alterations to the results.

An Osun State resident has voiced concerns over a potential error in the vote recording process during Saturday's governorship election. David Adesina highlighted an incident at a polling unit where he alleges the vote count for the Accord Party was initially entered incorrectly.

We said not 012 was supposed to be 212.

— David AdesinaDescribing the alleged initial misrecording of votes for the Accord Party at a polling unit.

According to a video shared by News Central TV, Adesina stated that after the ballots were counted, the Accord Party received 212 votes, while the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored 107. He claims that a National Youth Service Corps member mistakenly wrote '012' for the Accord Party's tally.

Adesina reported that observers present pointed out the discrepancy, leading to the figure being corrected to '212' and signed. He expressed his appeal for the matter to be made public to ensure the integrity of the vote count.

Later I now change it to 212 and you now sign on it.

— David AdesinaExplaining the correction process after the error was identified.

"Please let all the world hear this so that later later they will not change it for us," Adesina said in the video interview. Voting and ballot counting occurred across polling units on Saturday, with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) overseeing the process and announcing results at polling units before further collation.

Please let all the world hear this so that later later they will not change it for us. Thank you and God bless you.

— David AdesinaAppealing for transparency and vigilance regarding the election results.
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Originally published by The Punch in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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