ADC, however, added that “if the results at the end of the day reflect the true votes that came from the polling units, we will accept them.”
By Kehinde Okeowo
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has passed a vote of no confidence in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), saying it does not trust the electoral umpire to protect its votes during the forthcoming 2027 general elections.
The opposition party made this known on Monday during an interview with the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Bolaji Abdullahi, on the Channels Television programme Politics Today.
According to him, since INEC’s technical failures undermine trust, the ADC is making arrangements to collate its votes by itself.
Abdullahi also recalled his experience in 2023 when he contested for the Senate, saying that despite the commission’s promise of automatic transmission of results to the IReV portal, it ended up reneging, citing a “technical glitch”.
He, however, added: “If the results at the end of the day reflect the true votes that came from the polling units, we will accept them.”
Speaking during the interview, Abdullahi said: “Don’t forget that I ran for Senate in the 2023 election. What many of us did, and not only myself, was that we trusted INEC when they told us there would be automatic transmission of results to the IReV.
“Then what happened afterwards? They said that, due to some technical glitch, the results could not be transmitted automatically to the IReV. So we have been beaten by that, and we are now twice shy. We say we will not allow it to happen again. We are no longer naive.
“We can no longer trust INEC to protect our votes for us. We are saying that we will vigilantly guard our own votes. We will protect our own votes.
“If the results at the end of the day reflect the true votes that came from the polling units, we will accept them. But if they do not, we are not going to accept them. We are making provisions to collate our own votes.”
