The Centre for Democracy and Development says the 2026 Osun governorship election has been generally peaceful, with some operational challenges.
CDD-West Africa, through its Election Analysis Centre, said this in its preliminary statement issued on Saturday in Abuja and signed by its Director, Dr Dauda Garuba, and Chairman of its EAC, Prof. Victor Adetula.
The centre said it monitored the election across Osun’s 30 Local Government Areas, 332 registration areas and 3,763 polling units.
It said its findings were based on reports from field observers and reviews of credible media reports across the state.
According to CDD-EAC, INEC’s deployment was broadly successful, with 89.1 per cent of observed polling units recording officials’ arrival before 8:30 a.m.
It said officials arrived at the remaining 10.9 per cent of observed polling units between 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.
The centre said INEC reported that 3,556 polling units, representing 94.5 per cent, had opened by 8:30 a.m.
