NDC Accuses INEC Of Plotting To Rig 2027 Elections With AI

The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of allegedly planning to rig the 2027 general elections in favour of the All Progressives Congress (APC) through the deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Osa Director, made the allegation in a statement titled “INEC’S PLAN TO RIG THE 2027 GENERAL ELECTIONS WITH AI,” questioning the commission’s decision to deploy AI ahead of the polls.

“INEC is plotting to rig the 2027 general elections in favour of the ruinous APC by deploying Artificial Intelligence (AI). Suddenly, AI has become an attractive tool for the election management body,” the statement read.

The NDC also questioned whether INEC could effectively use AI for elections when the country had yet to deploy the technology to address its security challenges.

“For a nation that has not been able to use AI to solve its intractable security challenges, is it the problem of electing public officers that it can now resolve with AI?” the statement added.

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The party further queried why the commission had not tested the technology during off-cycle elections before considering its use in the 2027 general elections.

“Not even a test run of the efficiency, or otherwise, of AI tools in off-cycle elections? Why did INEC not test-run AI in the Osun polls? Why the hurry to use AI in the forthcoming general elections, just less than 100 days away? Something is amiss,” Director said.

The NDC called on Nigerians and the international community to oppose what it described as a plot by the electoral commission.

“All men and women of good conscience and the international community must rise to checkmate this diabolical plot by INEC,” the statement said.