INEC Chairman Amupitan heckled and known as a ‘legal and election rigger’ by indignant demonstrators in London

Politics

By Linda Ikeji
12 November 2026, 10:06 pm

Protesters surrounded a automobile carrying the chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, exterior Chatham House in London on Thursday, 12 November, shouting accusations at him and the fee.

Amupitan was in London to talk at a panel hosted by Chatham House and the Kimpact Development Initiative on Nigeria’s preparations for the 2027 common elections.

Nigerian diaspora activists mobilised on social media and gathered exterior the venue, the place demonstrators known as INEC a “criminal organisation” and accused Amupitan of favouring President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). They demanded his resignation over alleged electoral irregularities, citing duplicate entries and AI-generated pictures within the preliminary voter register, in addition to alleged pretend polling models.

Before Amupitan’s journey, INEC mentioned it had eliminated 1.6 million invalid information from the register, together with entries with manipulated AI pictures. The fee additionally mentioned it had flagged 54 officers throughout 10 states.

During the panel, Amupitan pledged to show down any political or diplomatic appointment after his tenure at INEC, citing the necessity to reveal his impartiality.

He additionally mentioned INEC was introducing technical safeguards designed to forestall inaccurate outcomes from being uploaded to the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) through the 2027 elections.

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