TICC Questions Unofficial Presence of Ebonyi REC, Pauline Ugoyenka, in Osun

TICC Questions Unofficial Presence of Ebonyi REC, Pauline Ugoyenka, in Osun

● Rejects Uncustomised Ballot Papers and Result Sheets,

The Imole Campaign Council has raised alarm over disturbing developments ahead of the August 15 governorship election, particularly the alleged deployment of uncustomised ballot papers and result sheets and the reported unofficial presence of the Ebonyi State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mrs Pauline Ugoyenka, in Osun.

Mrs Ugoyenka, an ICT expert and a close confidant of Governor Hope Uzodinma, was not not on the list of Resident Electoral Commissioner deployed to Osun state but she is now presently lodged at Tees Continental Hotel, Laro Timileyin Street, Ayekale Osogbo.

Credible reports indicated that she was brought in and previously lodged at Aenon Suites where alleged hackers brought by APC from Lagos and Abuja are staying as part of a rigging plot.

The INEC letter dated August 3, 2026, addressed to RECs from 15 contributing states, clearly identifies the officials and states providing supervision contingents for Osun. Ebonyi State is conspicuously absent from the list.

So, who authorised Mrs Pauline Ugoyenka’s presence in Osun, and what exactly is she doing here?

This is an election, not a covert operation. INEC must immediately explain her role, authority and activities in Osun and publish the full list of all officials deployed for the election.

We call the attention of the National Chairman of INEC to this ugly development where a REC choses to leave her place of posting for an hatchet job in another geo-political zone.

We demand immediate exit of the Ebonyi REC as she was not posted here for any official duties and her presence constitutes grave danger to the electoral health of Osun people.

We also seek immediate clarification from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on why electoral materials meant specifically for the Osun governorship election would not be duly customised.

Accord will not accept any arrangement capable of compromising the integrity, transparency or credibility of the August 15 election.

We therefore demand immediate clarification from INEC and insist that only properly customised ballot papers and result sheets specifically produced and verified for the Osun governorship election must be used.

Anything short of this raises serious questions about the credibility of the process and will be firmly resisted.

Signed:
Representative Bamidele Salam,
Chairman,
Media and Publicity Committee,
The Imole Campaign Council.