Osun Governorship Election: Low Card Turnout, Police Shakeup, and a Fragile Peace Accord

INEC has extended Permanent Voter Card collection in Osun State by two days to July 31, after only 322,822 — roughly 60 per cent — of newly registered voters bothered to pick up their cards ahead of the August 15 governorship election. Chairman Prof. Joash Amupitan disclosed the extension at an expanded stakeholders' meeting in Osogbo, warning that only those with valid PVCs will be allowed to vote across the state's 3,763 polling units. The commission has...