2027: ‘Your votes will count’ – INEC, Amupitan to Nigerians

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has assured Nigerians that their votes volition beryllium counted successful the upcoming elections. This reassurance comes arsenic erstwhile Head of State and Chairman of the National Peace Committee, NPC, General Abdulsalam Abubakar (rtd), urged Nigerians to enactment the Commission successful mentation for the 2027 General Election.

The assurance was provided by the INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, during a courtesy sojourn to General Abubakar astatine his residence successful Minna, Niger State, connected Friday, July 24, 2026. He was accompanied by a delegation that included National Commissioners, the Secretary to the Commission, Directors, and Technical Aides of the Chairman.

In his address, Prof. Amupitan referred to General Abubakar arsenic the begetter of ideology successful Nigeria, highlighting that his modulation to civilian regularisation successful 1999 was a pivotal infinitesimal successful the nation’s antiauthoritarian journey. He emphasized that the Commission views the erstwhile Head of State not lone arsenic a statesman but besides arsenic a captious protagonist of INEC.