2023: Nigerians rebuke INEC over alleged voter register compromise
Some Nigerians have once again taken to Twitter to condemn an alleged violation and compromise of voter registration by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC).
In an #OccupyINEC Twitter trend on Thursday, they alleged that the National Register of Electors had been compromised because questionable names and other information had been noticed there.
As a result, they threatened to take over the commission's offices across the country on September 27 to air their grievances.
CVR processINEC conducted continuous voter registration nationwide between June 28, 2021 and July 2022.
The electoral body, however, announced on Tuesday that of the 2.5 million new registrants it registered between June 28, 2021 and January 14, 2022, one million of them had been declared invalid and that he was considering removing them from the list. the registry.
Commission spokesperson Festus Okoye said it has detected multiple duplicate, multiple and ineligible registrants and that a thorough process is underway to clean up registration data.
An example of an INEC register showing “questionable” voter dataIn the #OccupyINEC Twitter trend, one of the affected registrants said:
“@inecnigeria is an evil organization and we must expose these people. I never completed my pvc registration yet here is my name with an old man face. Who knows how many identities they have stolen! please guys let's post this
"@inecnigeria can you explain why the hell you are using my identity?! What kind of nonsense is that?! It's my name and birthday with a picture of a man I don't know?! What is that?!" she said in her tweet.
A young popular activist, Rinu Oduala, also asked the commission to explain this difference in registration.
"Can @inecnigeria explain this difference in registration?
READ ALSO:"Who owns the photo on the recording of this young lady? #OccupyINEC," she tweeted.
Another user, Judith Akatugba, lent her support to a planned protest at INEC offices in the country to seek clarification of the allegations made against INEC staff members.
"We can't be fooled! I fully support #occupyINEC in demanding clarification of the allegations in the public, total sanitization of the system, rigid transparency and above all, prosecution of corrupt INEC officials in the next 30 days. That's enough."
Daniel Tangale urged Nigerians to prepare cots, mats and blankets to storm the offices of the commission on the day of the protest.
Some Nigerians have once again taken to Twitter to condemn an alleged violation and compromise of voter registration by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC).
In an #OccupyINEC Twitter trend on Thursday, they alleged that the National Register of Electors had been compromised because questionable names and other information had been noticed there.
As a result, they threatened to take over the commission's offices across the country on September 27 to air their grievances.
CVR processINEC conducted continuous voter registration nationwide between June 28, 2021 and July 2022.
The electoral body, however, announced on Tuesday that of the 2.5 million new registrants it registered between June 28, 2021 and January 14, 2022, one million of them had been declared invalid and that he was considering removing them from the list. the registry.
Commission spokesperson Festus Okoye said it has detected multiple duplicate, multiple and ineligible registrants and that a thorough process is underway to clean up registration data.
An example of an INEC register showing “questionable” voter dataIn the #OccupyINEC Twitter trend, one of the affected registrants said:
“@inecnigeria is an evil organization and we must expose these people. I never completed my pvc registration yet here is my name with an old man face. Who knows how many identities they have stolen! please guys let's post this
"@inecnigeria can you explain why the hell you are using my identity?! What kind of nonsense is that?! It's my name and birthday with a picture of a man I don't know?! What is that?!" she said in her tweet.
A young popular activist, Rinu Oduala, also asked the commission to explain this difference in registration.
"Can @inecnigeria explain this difference in registration?
READ ALSO:"Who owns the photo on the recording of this young lady? #OccupyINEC," she tweeted.
Another user, Judith Akatugba, lent her support to a planned protest at INEC offices in the country to seek clarification of the allegations made against INEC staff members.
"We can't be fooled! I fully support #occupyINEC in demanding clarification of the allegations in the public, total sanitization of the system, rigid transparency and above all, prosecution of corrupt INEC officials in the next 30 days. That's enough."
Daniel Tangale urged Nigerians to prepare cots, mats and blankets to storm the offices of the commission on the day of the protest.
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