INEC chair Amupitan must be removed, prosecuted – ADC Reps

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, caucus successful the House of Representatives has demanded the prosecution and removal of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Joash Amupitan.

The caucus made the telephone implicit allegations of partisanship and compromised neutrality up of the 2027 wide elections.

This comes aft the caucus’ inaugural gathering held connected Sunday, April 12, 2026, wherever members reviewed caller governmental developments and expressed heavy interest astir the credibility of the electoral umpire.

The lawmakers alleged that Amupitan exhibited actions and made statements deemed inconsistent with the expectations of an impartial electoral assemblage head.

They cited allegations that the INEC president antecedently operated a idiosyncratic X relationship wherever helium reportedly expressed enactment for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and shared arguable contented relating to claims of Christian genocide successful Nigeria.

While INEC has denied immoderate nexus betwixt Amupitan and the account, the ADC caucus stated that integer forensic findings and online investigations suggest otherwise, raising qu...