August 31, 2026
By Omeiza Ajayi
ABUJA: The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has challenged the Nigeria Democratic Congress NDC to provide evidence of officials allegedly involved in smuggling unknown candidates into the party’s list for some State House of Assembly constituencies in Anambra State, ahead of the 2027 General Election.
Chief Press Secretary and Media Adviser to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, Dayo Oketola, in a chat with our correspondent on Monday, said the Commission would only act on the allegations if the NDC could substantiate them with credible evidence and the particulars of the officials involved, noting that its position was not to make speculative claims about matters capable of objective verification.
He said; “Rather than make categorical assertions on matters that can readily be established from those records, the Commission will examine the relevant records relating to the constituencies identified by the NDC. If the party has evidence implicating any official of the Commission in any unauthorised interference with its candidate nomination process, it should make such evidence and the particulars of the officials concerned available to the Commission”.
