Inec violate electoral law as dem neva publish voters register ontop dia website ahead of 2027 election?

Nigeria Indepenednt National Electoral Commission (Inec) don come unda ogbonge pressure and criticism sake of dia alleged failure to publish di voters register in accordance wit di Electoral Act 2026 as amended.

Opposition figures and civil society don chook mouth for di mata as dem claim say Inec dey break di law wey suppose guide di electoral process for Nigeria.

One of di ogbonge voices na former Vice President Abubakar Atiku who im tok-tok pesin Phrank Shaibu claim say di development fit make pipo start to dey suspect weda foul play don enta di voter register.

So wetin di law tok about dis and shey di electoral commission dey disobey di same Act wey suppose guide dia operations?

Section 19 (1) of di Eletoral Act tok say: "Di Commission shall, not later dan 90 days to a general election, appoint a period of seven days during which a copy of di voters' register for each Local Government, Area Council or Ward shall be displayed or published for public scrutiny for evri registration area and for dia official website or any website established by di Commission for dat purpose".

Dis Friday, 23 October 2026 na exactly 85 days to di 2027 general election, wey according to di Inec election timetable, go hold on 16 January 2027.

Rememba say on 6 October 2026, Inec National Chairman, Joash Amupitan, announce say dem don complete di three-phase Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise and final biometric cleanup.

Na based on di completion of di exercise na im Amupitan tok say di total numba of voters for di national voters' register na 103 million, including di more dan 10.7 million new pipo wey register.

For dat same event, Amupitan promise say Inec go publish di voters register from 9 to 15 October, 2026, so dat di general public go fit chook am eye and point out if any errors dey inside.

Howeva, Inec reports bin come out for di local media say Inec no publish di voters register for some of di local govment areas wey tori pipo bin visit.

Howeva, di commission issue statement to tok say di reports na lie and say dem publish di voters registers.