Amupitan harassed, vehicle blocked by Nigerian protesters in UK
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Joash Amupitan, was on Thursday confronted by angry protesters in London who blocked his car from moving while hurling insults at him.
The protesters who were Nigerians based in the UK, alleged that INEC under Amupitan was a compromised electoral umpire.
They surrounded a vehicle conveying the INEC boss outside Chatham House in London, where he was scheduled to speak at a panel discussion on Nigeria’s preparations for the 2027 elections.
The demonstrators accused the electoral commission of favouring President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress.
They also called for Amupitan’s resignation, describing INEC as a “criminal organisation” and citing alleged duplicate voter registrations, artificial intelligence-generated photographs and questionable polling units in the preliminary voters’ register.
