INEC chairman was confronted by protesters outside Chatham House in London on Thursday as he arrived for a discussion on the country’s electoral process.
Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), was heckled by demonstrators who surrounded the vehicle carrying him, according to reports.
The protesters, identified as Nigerian diaspora activists, shouted accusations at Amupitan and the commission, which some described as a “criminal organisation.” They demanded his resignation over alleged irregularities in the preliminary voters’ register.
Their complaints included claims of duplicate entries, the use of artificial intelligence-generated images and the existence of fake polling units. The allegations raised by the demonstrators have not been independently verified.
Amupitan was scheduled to take part in a session at the London-based think tank focused on Nigeria’s electoral process.
