A social media report alleging that Prof. Joash Amupitan, the Independent National Electoral Commission’s chairman, is getting ready to step down has been rejected.
The claim, which was shared on social media with an image, was characterized by the commission as untrue and manufactured.
In a statement released on its official X account on Saturday, INEC urged people to ignore the report and refrain from disseminating unconfirmed information.
“The claim is FALSE, FABRICATED AND MISLEADING,” the commission said.
After reviewing entries from the 2025 and 2026 Continuous Voter Registration exercises, Amupitan announced on November 9 that INEC had eliminated 1,608,660 invalid registrations from the preliminary register.
Additionally, he stated that 54 individuals from ten states had been found to be allegedly involved in registration irregularities and could be subject to disciplinary action, including prosecution.
Concerns about suspected multiple registrations, dubious photos, and other irregularities in the register had been brought to the commission’s attention.
The controversy followed Amupitan to London, where on Thursday demonstrators confronted his car outside Chatham House and demanded his resignation due to purported issues with the voter registration.
As he left a discussion on Nigeria’s election preparations for 2027, the demonstrators surrounded the car and demanded that he come out to address their concerns.
INEC should address such concerns transparently and take every necessary step to ensure a free, fair, and credible election that earns the trust of the public.
