APC’s Implausible Vote Counts in Edo State Expose Credibility Crisis

The reported APC primary votes in Edo State raise serious doubts. In 2018, party officials claimed over 500,000 votes for Buhari. In the recent primary, Tinubu secured about 131,000 votes. A 75% drop in the same party structure defies any clear explanation. This gap undermines the APC’s claim of internal support. The ruling party now controls more resources and machinery than in 2018. Yet internal turnout collapsed just as actors promise millions of votes in the general election. Without independent oversight, party registers, accreditation, and collation rest with internal officials. Vote counts become flexible tools of political storytelling. Edo State simply exposes what many already suspect: these figures reflect control rather than genuine participation. When internal numbers lose credibility, national narratives built on them also crumble. Edo State is a warning that Nigeria’s democracy cannot afford to normalise such a widening gap between political numbers and reality.

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