The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the National Assembly to investigate allegations surrounding a controversial X (formerly Twitter) account linked to Joash Amupitan, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In a statement on Monday, the group urged lawmakers to exercise their constitutional oversight powers and launch a “credible, impartial,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed claims that its chairman, Joash Amupitan, operates a partisan account on X. It described the allegation as false and malicious. In a statement issued on Friday, Adedayo Oketola, chief press secretary to the INEC chairman, said the claim forms part of a “coordinated campaign of calumny.” He…
Prof. Joash Amupitan, the INEC chairman, voices serious worries about the voter register. He points out that officials have not cleaned it thoroughly since 2011. Consequently, names of deceased people remain on the list. For example, he mentions a prominent leader in Anambra who died 15 years ago. This person still appears in the register….
