The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun State has announced plans to relocate Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) centres from local government secretariats currently under lock.
The LG secretariats have been shut since February 17, 2025, following a political dispute between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) over control of the councils.
The APC maintained that the February 10, 2025, judgment of the Court of Appeal, Akure, reinstated its candidates elected in the October 15, 2022, local government polls, who were earlier removed by a December 2022 judgment of the Osogbo Federal High Court.
However, the PDP insisted that the officials inaugurated on February 22, 2025, remain the legally recognised administrators of the councils in the state.
During a stakeholders’ meeting in Osogbo on Wednesday, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Mutiu Agboke, said affected INEC offices had been identified and would be moved to alternative locations to ensure the CVR exercise proceeds without disruption.
Agboke stated that although the INEC offices within the local government secretariats were not locked, arrangements were underway to move them out.
He explained that details of the affected offices had been compiled and forwarded to the commission’s headquarters for further action.