The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) for the August 15 Osun State governorship election by two days. Amupitan said the commission would engage security agencies to deploy patrol vehicles to PVC collection centres to guarantee the safety of officials and voters during the extended exercise. Amupitan disclosed that 4,427 Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines, including backup units, had been configured and deployed for the election to ensure seamless accreditation of voters. Amupitan also confirmed attacks on INEC offices in Odo Otin and Ife Centre in the past week, during which batches of uncollected PVCs were stolen. She said the state’s voter register had increased from 1,954,800 before the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise to 2,339,233 after the exercise.