77 days to polls:Parties clash over INEC’s preparations
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By Henry Umoru, Luminous Jannamike & Omeiza Ajayi With barely 77 days to the 2027 general elections, concerns over the preparedness of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have become disturbing, especially following the discovery of artificial intelligence-generated photographs in the commission’s preliminary voters’ register. LP: INEC must go back to drawing board For the Labour Party, LP, the discovery of AI-generated photographs in the preliminary voters’ register is a development that requires urgent attention, particularly given the proximity of the elections.
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✦Registered voters INEC’s preliminary register, uploaded on October 26, 2026, contains over 103.4 million registered voters.
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2027:By Henry Umoru, Luminous Jannamike & Omeiza Ajayi With barely 77 days to the 2027 general elections, concerns over the preparedness of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have become disturbing, especially following the discovery of artificial intelligence-generated photographs in the commission’s preliminary voters’ register.2026:Although INEC has acknowledged the problem and promised to clean up the register before the final version is released on December 15, 2026, the development has exposed vulnerabilities in the registration process.2026:Registered voters INEC’s preliminary register, uploaded on October 26, 2026, contains over 103.4 million registered voters.
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✦By Henry Umoru, Luminous Jannamike & Omeiza Ajayi With barely 77 days to the 2027 general elections, concerns over the preparedness of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have become disturbing, especially following the discovery of artificial intelligence-generated photographs in the commission’s preliminary voters’ register.
✦LP: INEC must go back to drawing board For the Labour Party, LP, the discovery of AI-generated photographs in the preliminary voters’ register is a development that requires urgent attention, particularly given the proximity of the elections.
✦Registered voters INEC’s preliminary register, uploaded on October 26, 2026, contains over 103.4 million registered voters.
Key Facts:2027: By Henry Umoru, Luminous Jannamike & Omeiza Ajayi With barely 77 days to the 2027 general elections, concerns over the preparedness of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have become disturbing, especially following the discovery of artificial intelligence-generated photographs in the commission’s preliminary voters’ register.2026: Although INEC has acknowledged the problem and promised to clean up the register before the final version is released on December 15, 2026, the development has exposed vulnerabilities in the registration process.2026: Registered voters INEC’s preliminary register, uploaded on October 26, 2026, contains over 103.4 million registered voters.2023: Bayode explained that the figure reflected the more than 93 million voters recorded in the 2023 register and additional registrations from the continuous voter registration exercise ahead of the forthcoming elections.
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With barely 77 days to the 2027 general elections, concerns over the preparedness of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have become disturbing, especially following the discovery of artificial intelligence-generated photographs in the commission’s preliminary voters’ register.
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By Henry Umoru, Luminous Jannamike & Omeiza Ajayi With barely 77 days to the 2027 general elections, concerns over the preparedness of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have become disturbing, especially following the discovery of artificial intelligence-generated photographs in the commission’s preliminary voters’ register.
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By Henry Umoru, Luminous Jannamike & Omeiza Ajayi With barely 77 days to the 2027 general elections, concerns over the preparedness of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have become disturbing, especially following the discovery of artificial intelligence-generated photographs in the commission’s preliminary voters’ register.
