Haruna stated that the uncollected PVCs had been safely deposited with the Central Bank of Nigeria.

“Out of the total of 2,339,233 registered voters in the state, 1,906,390 PVCs, representing 81.50 per cent, have been collected.

“The remaining 426,842 PVCs, representing 18.50 per cent, have been safely deposited with the Central Bank of Nigeria in line with the Commission’s established practice,” he said.

According to him, 6,101 persons who applied for replacement of damaged, defaced or lost PVCs printed downloadable copies of their cards.

The INEC senior official further said that a polling-unit-by-polling-unit table of the PVCs collected had been published on its website.

He reassured political parties, civil society organisations, the media and residents of the state of its readiness to conduct the election scheduled for Saturday, August 15.

DAILY POST reports that the local government election in Oyo State has been fixed to hold in December this year. 

The election is to be conducted by Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission, OYSIEC.

Our correspondent learnt that the party had earlier conducted primary elections in all the local government areas and electoral wards. 

The primary which was held on 3rd August, 2026 produced 33 chairmanship candidates and 351 councillorship candidates across the state. 

However, the candidates have argument that the suit became necessary due to report which claimed that APM National Chairman is planning to nullify the primary election conducted on 3rd August. 

The suit has APM, its National Chairman, OYSIEC and Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC as defendants.

The appellants asked the court to stop the party from conducting a fresh primary election. 

The plaintiffs in the court sheet obtained by DAILY POST on Thursday, are asking the court to grant their requests.