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INEC Wants Prisoners To Vote in 2027, but Is Nigeria Ready?

Summary by Zikoko!
On 8 August 2025, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, welcomed the Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Sylvester Ndidi Nwakuche, to the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. The topic of discussion? The voting rights of inmates in Nigeria’s correctional facilities, and specifically, how to ensure they can vote in the 2027 general elections. Yakubu announced tha…
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Zikoko! broke the news in on Tuesday, August 19, 2025.
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