'Name the culprits' – Atiku dares INEC over AI-generated images in voter register

The contention surrounding the elector registry released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, continues to make reactions.

This comes arsenic the African Democratic Congress, ADC, statesmanlike campaigner and erstwhile Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, dared INEC to sanction the officers down the AI-generated images and irregularities successful the elector registry and exposure the companies handling delicate predetermination materials.

Atiku threw the situation successful a connection issued by his spokesperson, Phrank Shaibu, connected Friday.

Atiku described arsenic a catastrophic nonaccomplishment the electoral body's admittance that its registration officers introduced the irregularities.

"Publish the contractors' identities and explicate the safeguards governing their work", Atiku daid.

He slammed INEC Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, implicit his statement, made done the Commission's Director of Information and Communication Technology, ICT, Dr Lawrence Bayode, that INEC knows what its officers did but does not cognize why, describing it arsenic a disgraceful evasion.

Atiku warned INEC against softly cleaning up the registry and burying the evidence, insisting that the allegation that implicit 20 cardinal AI-generated images whitethorn beryllium progressive requires an autarkic forensic audit.

Recall that 3 days ago, INEC published the preliminary voters' registry amid unit from absorption parties, including...