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Ahead of the governorship election in Ekiti State, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the commencement of Permanent Voter Card, PVC, collection for registered voters in the state.
In a statement, the commission said PVC collection began on Monday, June 1, 2026, at designated registration areas and wards across the 16 local government areas.
The ward-level collection will run from June 1 to June 14, 2026. Thereafter, collection will continue at INEC Local Government Area offices from June 15 to June 21, 2026, daily between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., including weekends.
The commission urged all registered voters who are yet to collect their PVCs to do so within the stipulated period.
“PVC collection is critical to voter participation. Only voters with valid PVCs will be accredited and allowed to vote on election day,” the statement said.
INEC reiterated that the PVC remains the only document acceptable for voter accreditation and voting at polling units.
The commission advised voters to check the collection centres assigned to them and to come with their temporary voter cards or any valid means of identification for verification.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Ekiti State, Bunmi Omoseyindemi, assured residents that the commission has put measures in place to ensure a seamless and transparent collection process.
He urged traditional rulers, community leaders, civil society organisations, and the media to sensitise citizens, especially women, youths, and persons with disabilities, to collect their PVCs.
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike, has vowed that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and the African Democratic Congress, ADC, would not get 10% votes in Rivers state.
Wike made this vow at a luncheon in honour of candidates of the Rainbow Coalition for the 2027 General elections in the state.
According to him, no other candidate of any other party would win the governorship election in the 2027 contest, except the candidate to the agreed by his Rainbow Coalition.
The former governor of Rivers State equally stated that the ADC and the National Democratic Congress, NDC, have not participated in an election before.
“ADC and NDC have not run election before. They do not understand election. They only understand defection. This is the time they will see election practical. They will have the experience and they will see what is in election starting from Rivers State.
“It is not enough to come on TV to say President we love you. But to show your commitment by how many votes you can deliver to win election. It is not to go and visit him in Lagos for visits.
“Atiku Abubakar in 2023 never got 10% in Rivers State. It will be very disheartening that he will get 11 percent in Rivers State in the next election.
“If he gets 10% which he did not get in 2023, it means he has gone higher. We will make sure ADC will not have 10% here. A man who is not ready for work, but ready when food is ready, is not available in the state. You must work hard.
“We have won election in this state when there was intimidation, come to talk of now that there is no intimidation,” Wike said.
Former aspirant of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Rotimi Amaechi, has described himself as a simple politician who doesn’t steal money.
Amaechi, in an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, said transparency is not an easy thing when talking about corruption.
He said: “I’m the simplest politician you can meet in Nigeria. When they meet me and see how simple and ordinary I am, it sweeps them off their feet.
