By ALO 360 Editorial Board As Ekiti voters head to the polls on June 20 to elect a governor, the significance of the election extends far beyond the contest among the candidates. The election represents the first governorship poll under the Electoral Act 2026 and the first major electoral test for Joash Amupitan since his…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and four other political parties over their alleged failure to meet constitutional requirements for continued registration. The affected parties are the ADC, Action Peoples Party (APP), Action Alliance (AA), Accord Party (AP), and Zenith…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) says the judgment of the Federal High Court nullifying the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s May 30 deadline for party primaries has vindicated the party’s earlier objections to the electoral guidelines. In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by Bolaji Abdullahi, national publicity secretary of the party, the ADC…
Joash Amupitan, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has urged security agencies to arrest and prosecute individuals involved in vote buying ahead of the Ekiti governorship election. Amupitan spoke during a meeting with security agencies in preparation for the off-cycle governorship election in Ekiti State. The INEC chairman described vote buying and vote…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will deploy more than 1.4 million ad hoc staff, largely drawn from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), for the 2027 general election. Joash Amupitan disclosed this on Monday during a courtesy visit to the NYSC headquarters in Abuja. Amupitan led a delegation of national commissioners, directors…
Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo state, has criticised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for recognising a faction of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) led by David Mark without reading the certified true copy (CTC) of the Supreme Court judgment. The five-man panel of the apex had unanimously set aside the ruling of the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has updated its party leaders portal to reflect David Mark and Rauph Aregbesola as the national chairman and secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The latest development follows the Supreme Court’s judgment on Friday, which vacated the Appeal Court’s earlier ruling ordering INEC to maintain the status quo…
Prof. Usman Yusuf, former executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), has called on the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Joash Amupitan, to resign, saying any election conducted under him would lack credibility. Yusuf spoke during a recent interview with Symfoni Media, where he questioned the neutrality of the electoral…
By ALO360 Editorial Board Since October 2025, when Joash Ojo Amupitan assumed office as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), his tenure has been dogged by one controversy after another. What should have been a quiet period of institutional consolidation has instead become a season of credibility erosion. Barely months into office, the…
Oluseun Onigbinde, co-founder of BudgIT, has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to explain how its chairman’s official email address and phone number were allegedly linked to a partisan X account. Onigbinde made the demand in a post on X on Sunday, insisting that the electoral body must provide clear and verifiable answers to…
