The Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC, Osun State, has dismissed allegations circulating on social media that underage individuals had been registered as voters in Ede North Native Authorities Space.
The allegation, shared on Fb, claimed that schoolchildren wearing uniforms had been registered on the INEC Native Authorities Workplace in Ede North on Friday, February 6, 2026.
In an announcement by the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mutiu Agboke, and issued by Musa Olurode, the Public Affairs Officer, on Monday in Osogbo, INEC Osun described the declare as false and deceptive.
It additionally burdened that no underage individual was registered on the workplace on the stated date.
INEC confirmed that some college students of YTD Grammar College, Ojoro, Ede, arrived on the Ede North workplace at school uniforms with the intention of registering.
In response to the Fee, officers on obligation denied the scholars entry to the premises in keeping with present legal guidelines and tips governing voter registration.
“The Electoral Officer and different officers, performing in strict compliance with the regulation, refused them entry into the workplace premises. Consequently, no underage individual was registered,” the assertion stated.
INEC reiterated that “solely Nigerian residents who’ve attained the age of 18 years are eligible for voter registration, in accordance with the 1999 Structure, as amended, and the Electoral Act, 2022.”
The Fee added that its officers had been clearly instructed to implement the age requirement with out exception throughout the state.
INEC additional assured residents that the Osun State workplace, beneath the management of the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Mutiu Agboke, wouldn’t “interact in, condone or allow any motion able to compromising the credibility and integrity of the voter registration course of.”
The Fee urged members of the general public to ignore the social media put up and depend on info from official INEC communication channels.
The electoral umpire additionally referred to as on mother and father, faculty authorities and neighborhood leaders to sensitise younger individuals on the authorized necessities for voter registration.
