{
  "id": 3716862,
  "title": "‘INEC technology can’t be trusted’ — Aisha Yesufu asks Nigerians to monitor collation process",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/inec-technology-cant-be-trusted-aisha-yesufu-asks-nigerians-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T10:02:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/27/inec-technology-cant-be-trusted-aisha-yesufu-asks-nigerians-to-monitor-collation-process/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Activist Aisha Yesufu has expressed concern over the reliability of the Independent National Electoral Commission's (INEC) technology during elections, urging Nigerians to closely monitor the collation process. In a statement on X, Yesufu warned that the INEC technology cannot be trusted and advised citizens to closely watch every stage from polling units to the final collation in Abuja. \"The technology of INEC cannot be trusted! We will consider everything manual and analogue,\" she emphasized.\n\nYesufu urged voters to pay meticulous attention to the counting of votes at polling stations and how the results are recorded. \"We must watch eagle-eyed the counting of our votes on Election Day. Watch like hawks as they write the results,\" she instructed. Furthermore, she called for the result sheets to be monitored as they transit from polling units to ward, local government, and state collation centers before reaching Abuja. \"Follow our result sheets from polling unit to ward, LG, State collation centres and finally to Abuja,\" she stressed.\n\nAccording to Yesufu, it is crucial that neither election officials nor result sheets are allowed to leave human sight throughout the entire process. \"In all of these no single official or result sheets must be out of our sights 'From the creeks to the deserts we will follow,\" she said. Her ultimate objective is to ensure that the announced results accurately reflect the votes cast by Nigerians. \"At the end we will all gather in Abuja and ensure that what the people voted is what is announced,\" she concluded.",
  "summary": "Activist, Aisha Yesufu, has said Nigerians cannot rely on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s technology during elections, urging citizens to closely monitor the counting and movement of result sheets through every stage of collation. Yesufu made the call in a statement posted on X, where she urged Nigerians to pay close attention to the […] ‘INEC technology can’t be trusted’ —…",
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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."
}