2027: Atiku Demands Immediate Publication Of Voters’ Register
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has demanded the immediate publication of the preliminary voters’ register by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), alleging that its absence from the commission’s…
Atiku Abubakar, who has contested for the presidency multiple times and is widely expected to again seek the opposition ticket ahead of 2027, has long positioned himself as a champion of electoral transparency, frequently clashing with INEC over process integrity in past election cycles. The voters' register is central to any election: it determines who is eligible to vote, and civil society groups and opposition figures have historically pushed for its early publication so that discrepancies, duplications or omissions can be flagged and corrected before polls, rather than after disputes arise in court.
Both Leadership and Punch report that Atiku is demanding INEC release the preliminary register — Punch specifying a figure of over 103 million registered voters — for public scrutiny, with Leadership noting his claim that the document is missing from the commission's disclosures. Neither report details INEC's response, a timeline for compliance, or the specific legal basis Atiku is citing for the demand, leaving open questions about how the commission plans to proceed as 2027 preparations gather pace.