The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has recorded 15,777 voter transfers and 6,063 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) collected in Ogun State as part of preparations for the 2027 general elections.

The Ogun State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mrs Feyijimi Saseyi Ibiyemi, disclosed this on Thursday during an interview on FRONTLINE, a current affairs programme on Eagle 102.5 FM, Ilese-Ijebu, Ogun State.

Saseyi said the figures formed part of the Commission’s ongoing voter-related activities aimed at ensuring that eligible citizens were properly captured and able to participate in the elections from their appropriate locations.

She added that citizens could also make claims, corrections and objections where necessary, while voters who had changed locations could process transfers in line with electoral guidelines.

The REC urged citizens with issues relating to their voter information to use official INEC channels for corrections or clarification rather than relying on unverified information.

Saseyi said INEC was also taking steps to ensure that persons living with disabilities were not excluded from the 2027 elections, disclosing that the Commission had recently organised an engagement programme for them at its headquarters to encourage them to exercise their civic rights.

“They will be given the opportunity to vote and the law allows them to vote. We are telling them not to stay at home. They will be attended to first and there are materials for them like people living with visual impairments, there are Braille materials for them,” she said.

She added that persons with albinism would also have access to support materials, including magnifying glasses.

The REC further disclosed that INEC had continued to engage traditional rulers, market women, religious organisations, tertiary institutions and other stakeholders as part of efforts to improve voter education and participation.

She said traditional rulers had been encouraged to mobilise citizens to vote peacefully and discourage youths from being used for thuggery, vote buying and other electoral offences.

“We have implored them because they are fathers to talk to the citizens to come out and vote and then to talk to the citizens, our children, our youth, not to be allowed to be used for thuggery, not to allow themselves to engage in vote buying and all sorts,” Saseyi said.

She said the Commission had also taken voter mobilisation activities to tertiary institutions and was using radio, television, market and road shows to reach members of the public, adding that several stakeholder groups had cooperated with INEC in its voter education and mobilisation efforts.

Saseyi also warned INEC personnel against engaging in malpractice or other irregularities during the electoral process, stressing that officials deployed for election duties were expected to operate within the law and the Commission’s guidelines.

“If you are caught and you are doing any irregularity or malpractice, you will be punished,” she warned, adding that the warning covered personnel involved in accreditation, voting, collation and other election-related duties.

The REC said accountability among election officials remained important to maintaining public confidence in the electoral process, assuring that the Commission would not overlook established cases of misconduct.

Beyond election-day activities, Saseyi disclosed that INEC was monitoring political parties and their campaigns ahead of the 2027 elections, including their finances within the limits provided by law.

“Then the political party departments of the Commission is monitoring the political campaigns. Under the law we are allowed to track their finances and then monitor the campaigns in collaboration with security agencies and make our reports,” she said.

Saseyi said INEC had trained personnel who monitor political parties and prepare reports and statements of accounts based on information submitted to the Commission.

She added that where a party contravened relevant guidelines, the Commission would raise a report, seek clarification and take appropriate action within its legal responsibilities.

“Whatever is disclosed to us must be within the ambit of the law. We have trained staff who monitor them and prepare their statement of accounts. Once we see the statement of accounts, we raise a report on it and then clarify. If anyone contravenes our guidelines, we confront this political party,” she said.