SOJWORLDNEWS | Osogbo, Osun State — 11 August 2026
The governorship candidate of the Because Of Our Tomorrow (BOOT) Party, Amb. Hon. Prince Auct. Adesoji Masilo Adeleke, FIPESA, FBAU, MCIPDM, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to introduce real-time tracking of election materials from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to polling locations across Osun State. He issued the call just days before voters head to the polls on Saturday, 15 August 2026.
Adeleke made the call from Osogbo, where he addressed party supporters and members of the press ahead of Saturday’s election. He said Osun’s electoral history proves that logistics deserve the same scrutiny as vote counting.
“Osun has shown us, election after election, that margins can be razor-thin,” Adeleke said. “We saw a governorship race decided by just 482 votes in 2018. We saw another decided by around 28,344 votes in 2022. When margins sit that close, even a handful of delayed polling units can change an outcome.”
He argued that election integrity starts long before voters reach the polling booth. “Protecting the ballot matters, but so does protecting the journey materials take before they ever reach a ballot box,” he said. “Integrity begins the moment materials leave the CBN — not when the first vote gets cast.”
INEC real-time tracking election materials Osun: Building on Existing Systems, Not Replacing Them
Adeleke made clear that he isn’t asking INEC to abandon its current systems. He credited the commission for real progress in recent years and asked it to extend that same transparency to logistics.
“INEC has already delivered real gains through BVAS, electronic accreditation, and stronger result management,” he said. “We simply want that same commitment to transparency to follow materials from the CBN all the way to their destination.”
He outlined the specific data he wants INEC to track and publish for every vehicle carrying sensitive materials:
- the exact time each vehicle departs the CBN;
- the route the vehicle follows to its destination;
- any stops, deviations, or communication interruptions along the way; and
- the confirmed time of arrival.
“Delays will happen sometimes — that’s the reality of logistics,” Adeleke said. “But when a delay happens, INEC should be able to explain it immediately, with evidence, instead of us all trying to reconstruct events days later.”
INEC real-time tracking election materials Osun: A Position Shared Across the Party
Adeleke’s appeal builds on a position the BOOT Party’s National Chairman, Sonny Adenuga, raised recently at the national level. Adenuga has pushed INEC to require real-time tracking of vehicles carrying sensitive materials and personnel nationwide. He has also proposed a permanent Electoral Logistics Corps (ELC) inside INEC’s operational structure.
Under Adenuga’s proposal, the ELC would manage fleet operations, oversee accredited drivers, plan routes, run real-time tracking systems, maintain chain-of-custody records, and conduct audits after each election. The unit would replace the current practice of assembling transport arrangements fresh for every election cycle.
Adeleke described the ELC as the right long-term direction for INEC while insisting that real-time CBN tracking can and should happen immediately. “The Corps is where we need to end up,” he said. “But we don’t need to wait for that structure to exist before we start tracking vehicles this Saturday. INEC can do this now.”
Adeleke’s Direct Requests to INEC
In his statement, Adeleke laid out four specific requests for the commission:
- Require real-time tracking on every vehicle moving materials from the CBN to their final destinations in Osun State;
- Keep verifiable, auditable records for each leg of every journey, including any deviations, stops, or delays;
- Set up clear communication and escalation steps for vehicles that experience significant delays or route changes; and
- Treat logistics accountability as a core part of election management, not a secondary concern behind results collation.
He closed his remarks with a direct appeal to the commission and to voters. “Every polling unit must be reached. Every voter deserves a fair opportunity to vote. Every vote deserves the chance to count,” Adeleke said. “We’re calling on INEC to act on this before Saturday, and to make it standard practice in every election that follows.”
Osun voters will decide the state’s next governor on 15 August, in what analysts expect to be another tightly contested race between the state’s leading parties.
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