Osun poll: INEC to verify report on alleged N100bn spending

Summary

Experts say tracking election spending in the Osun governorship poll is difficult, as INEC moves to independently check a report alleging that APC and Accord spent more than N100bn.

Highlights

• INEC National Commissioner Mohammed Haruna said the commission will not rely only on the report’s calculations and will make its own findings first.
• The report alleges spending on vote buying, campaign materials, party agents, canvassers, security personnel and electoral officers.
• It also cites the Electoral Act 2026’s N3bn spending limit for governorship candidates.
• The report says APC and Accord were among the parties under scrutiny, with calculations that included alleged vote-buying outlays and targeted voters across polling units.