AI image: 'Voter register is compromised' - Ex-INEC Director raises alarm ahead of 2027
- INEC says its officials created fraudulent voter records using fake photographs, repeated images, and special registration options for people without fingerprints.
- During the 2026 registration exercise, ABIS flagged about 1.5 million records, of which 1,277,252 were confirmed invalid.
- INEC withdrew system access from implicated officials, and Bayode said the commission would act after confirming the evidence and following due process.
- INEC plans to publish the final certified voter register on December 15, 2026, while strengthening BVAS and testing election technology before 2027.
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Voter Register: INEC to purge 1.5 million irregular registrants
By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC is set to delete about 1.5 million voter registrations found to be irregular from the national register ahead of the 2027 general elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan SAN, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja while receiving a delegation on a courtesy visit to the […]
INEC investigates officials over fake voter registrations
The INEC ICT Director, Lawrence Bayode, said more than 11 million people registered during the 2026 CVR exercise, but when the commission subjected the records to its Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS), the system flagged about 1.5 million as suspicious.
AI image: 'Voter register is compromised' - Ex-INEC Director raises alarm ahead of 2027
A former Director at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, has said that a compromised voter register cannot guarantee credible elections in Nigeria. Osaze-Uzzi said this on Friday during an interview on Channels Television's Politics Today while speaking on the state of Nigeria's electoral system ahead of the 2027 general elections. According to […] AI image: 'Voter register is compromised' - Ex-INEC Director …
Ezekwesili Demands Independent Probe Of Voter Register Allegations
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Minister of Education Oby Ezekwesili has called for an independent investigation into allegations that Nigeria’s voter register was manipulated, saying the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) cannot investigate itself. In an open memorandum dated November 3, 2026, in Abuja, she proposed a Citizens’ Electoral Rescue Team to clean up the register […] The post Ezekwesili Demands Independent Probe Of Voter Re…
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