{
  "id": 20202619,
  "title": "Ex-INEC Commissioner Urges Trump To Tie US Policy To Credible 2027 Polls",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/ex-inec-commissioner-urges-trump-to-tie-us-policy-to-credible-2027",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-15T16:57:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/11/15/ex-inec-commissioner-urges-trump-to-tie-us-policy-to-credible-2027-polls/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Nigerian Electoral Commissioner Mike Igini has urged US President Donald Trump to adopt a 'No Mandate From Fraud' policy ahead of the 2027 Nigerian presidential election. In a letter dated November 15, 2026, Igini argued that the US should make this stance known before the election rather than after it takes place. He emphasized that Nigerians are leaving the country not because they don't love it, but due to decades of electoral malpractice, corruption, insecurity, and weak accountability.\n\nIgini argued that the US should engage with Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, presidential and gubernatorial candidates, INEC, political parties, and other relevant institutions. The U.S should issue clear warnings to INEC officials, residents of electoral commissions, and other government employees involved in electoral fraud, threatening visa restrictions and financial sanctions for those found guilty of such actions. This approach would also extend to the families of those found to be involved in deliberate electoral malpractice.\n\nIgini stressed that the doctrine would benefit Trump's America-First agenda in several ways. Firstly, it would reduce migration pressure as credible elections would lead to the emergence of good leaders who would ensure the country’s economic prosperity. This, in turn, would encourage Americans in the diaspora to return home. Secondly, it would help the US avoid legitimizing and funding governments that lack the consent of their people.",
  "summary": "Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja A former Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mike Igini, has called on the United States of America’s President Donald Trump to adopt",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}