2027: We’ll also collate, share election results, ADC tells INEC

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has announced its intention to document, collate, and share polling-unit results with the public during the 2027 general elections. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party emphasized its commitment to this process, despite respecting the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) statutory role in declaring official election outcomes and announcing winners.

The ADC's decision comes in response to INEC Chairman Professor Joash Amupitan's warning against the sharing of privately collated results. The party asserts that its rights to freedom of expression under the Constitution are not limited by any clauses preventing it from collating and sharing election results. The ADC plans to share its collated results with the public, with its agents documenting the results, structures collating them, and communicating the verified figures clearly, identifying their source and status.

While acknowledging INEC's responsibility to make official declarations and declare election winners, the ADC maintains that this does not negate citizens' rights to collect, collate, and share election results.