Five Fact Checks You Need To Read On PVCs And Party Primaries

1. All You Need to Know About PVCs

Do PVCs expire? How Do You Get Your PVC? We published an explainer with the answers to these questions and more, here.

2. TRUE! PVC Registration Concert to Hold at Eagle Square Abuja

WhatsApp users shared a claim stating that INEC has scheduled a PVC registration concert to hold between the 20th and 25th of June. Turns out this claim is true, read more here.

3. FALSE! INEC Did Not Extend Online Voter Registration

A WhatsApp user claims online voter registration has been extended till June 30. This is not true as the process ended on May 30, 2022. However, physical registration continues till June 30, 2022. Read more here.

4. Viral Video of APC Governors’ ‘Visit’ to Atiku Not Recent

A video circulating on social media suggests that northern governors of the APC visited Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the PDP shortly after the emergence of Bola Tinubu as the APC presidential candidate. This claim is misleading, see why.

5. APC Convention: Statistics Showing Votes Tinubu Received Per State is Fake

A post by Joe Igbokwe, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), shows a breakdown of votes reportedly received by Bola Tinubu in each state at the just-concluded presidential primaries. This is wrong, read the full fact check here.