“2027 Elections in Danger”: Atiku’s ADC Raises Fresh Alarm Over INEC Voter Data
- The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has called the attention of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to what it described as “statistically implausible” figures
- The Atiku Abubakar-led coalition party has urged INEC to explain the figures in the first batch of Permanent Voter Card (PVC) pre-registration data released by the commission
- The ADC raised this alarm weeks after former minister Rotimi Amaechi alleged that INEC is working with the ruling APC to hijack upcoming elections in Nigeria
Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has warned that Nigeria’s 2027 general elections could be compromised if what it called ‘statistically implausible’ voter registration figures recently released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are not urgently addressed.
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In a statement signed by its national publicity secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party said the figures from Osun state and the South-West zone defied both historical patterns and demographic realities, raising doubts about the credibility of the electoral process.
According to the ADC recently adopted by Atiku Abubakar as a coalition aimed at unseating Tinubu in 2027, INEC’s report showed that Osun state recorded 393,269 pre-registrations in just one week.
The party pointed out that this figure was higher than the 275,815 new voters recorded in the state over the entire four-year period between 2019 and 2023.
As reported by Vanguard, the ADC also noted that the South-West zone alone accounted for 848,359 pre-registrations, representing 67 percent of the national total. By comparison, the South-East recorded just 1,998 pre-registrations, while five states: Ebonyi, Imo, Enugu, Abia and Adamawa, recorded a combined total of 4,153.
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“These fantastic figures suggest either another technical glitch in INEC’s digital registration system, or a more troubling possibility of deliberate manipulation of data to prepare the ground for a sinister agenda in the coming elections. In either case, INEC has explanations to give,” Abdullahi said.
Explaining further, the ADC stressed that anomalies in the data could undermine public trust in the democratic process.
The ADC called on INEC to urgently conduct and publish a forensic audit of the first-week registration data, including a state-by-state breakdown of both physical and online registrations.
It also urged the commission to release server logs, bandwidth distribution records, and regional access reports for the registration portal.
"INEC helping APC to hijack the election" - Amaechi
Similarly, Legit.ng reported that former minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, alleged that INEC, led by Professor Mahmood Yakubu, is working with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to manipulate upcoming elections.
The former Rivers governor also explained how Nigerians are yearning for former President Muhammadu Buhari's return than President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027.
Read more about ADC, INEC, 2027 here:
- Atiku lists 9 things INEC must do before 2027 election, full list emerges
- 2027 election: Jonathan speaks on INEC chairman appointment process, mentions what must be done
- Amaechi mentions what could've happened to APC in 2015 if Mahmood Yakubu had been INEC chairman
INEC records 69,376 registrants after Peter Obi's viral post
In another development, Legit.ng reported that following Peter Obi's viral post, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recorded a surge in the online registration exercise.
No fewer than 69,376 Nigerians completed their online pre-registration within the first seven hours of the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) reopening.
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