No evidence of a glitch: Why INEC should not be trusted, says Sam Amadi (2027)

Former chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Sam Amadi, has warned that the public should not rely on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for voter registration.

Amadi made the statement on Friday during an interview with News Central Television.

He was responding to INEC’s failure to electronically transmit election results, an action he said would have increased transparency.

“With all the issues around BVAS malfunctioning, which many people think was internal sabotage by INEC itself not to transmit the election result, do you expect the first item on the agenda of any opposition political party would be to subject INEC to an independent forensic audit,” he said.

“Nobody should trust INEC’s voter register. It is actually a less dangerous position than having a system that is being breached,” Amadi added.

“First, there was an election. INEC test‑ran their systems and expressed their readiness to electronically transmit the election result. On the day of the election, INEC failed and said there was a glitch, but no evidence or proof of the glitch.”