2027: INEC chairman warns tribunals against digital evidence manipulation

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Joash Amupitan, has warned members of the 2027 Election Petition Tribunals against integer grounds manipulation, peculiarly the usage of artificial quality to nutrient fake audio and video recordings.

Amupitan gave the informing connected Monday successful Abuja portion delivering the commission's opening remarks astatine a three-day store for Justices of the Court of Appeal and tribunal members.

He urged the judges to taxable physics grounds to due scrutiny, noting that AI-generated deepfakes and cloned audio could mislead courts during predetermination disputes.

“Electronic grounds indispensable beryllium decently verified done forensic introspection and certified INEC records to corroborate that it is genuine.

“Technology should neither beryllium treated arsenic infallible nor dismissed simply due to the fact that the grounds is electronic,” helium said.

The INEC president besides urged tribunal members to debar technicalities that could forestall substantive justness and guarantee that electoral dispute...