AI picture: 'Voter register is compromised' – Ex-INEC Director raises alarm forward of 2027

A former Director on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, has mentioned {that a} compromised voter register can’t assure credible elections in Nigeria.

Osaze-Uzzi mentioned this on Friday throughout an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today whereas talking on the state of Nigeria’s electoral system forward of the 2027 common elections.

According to him, Nigeria’s voter register is filled with irregularities and can’t produce free and truthful elections if not cleaned up.

“A compromised voter register cannot guarantee credible elections. What we have now cannot give us credible elections in 2027 if we don’t fix it,” he mentioned.

He warned that if INEC fails to audit and sanitise the register, the 2027 elections could be marred by the identical controversies that trailed the 2023 polls.

The former INEC Director known as on the electoral physique to conduct an intensive cleanup of the register, take away lifeless individuals, underage voters and a number of registrations.

He additionally urged INEC to make the register public for Nigerians to scrutinise earlier than the elections.