ADC urges INEC to clarify alleged voter revalidation plan

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to clarify reports of a planned nationwide elector revalidation exercise, informing that specified a determination could disrupt the electoral process.

In a connection connected Wednesday, the enactment described the alleged program arsenic a look for chaos if implemented little than a twelvemonth earlier the adjacent wide elections.

ADC’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, said the enactment had received reports of a leaked memo suggesting that INEC whitethorn necessitate already registered voters to revalidate their details.

“We telephone connected INEC to instantly corroborate to Nigerians whether this memo is genuine,” Abdullahi said, adding that “if true, the program indispensable beryllium rejected outright arsenic a look for chaos.”

He warned that asking millions of Nigerians to repetition portion of the elector registration process truthful adjacent to elections could discourage participation.

“To present necessitate them to instrumentality and ‘revalidate’ their registration is, successful effect, to inquire them not to fuss astatine all,” helium said.

The ADC besides raised concerns astir citizens who whitethorn not beryllium capable to question to designat...