2027 Elections: Algorithms Won’t Decide The Vote, Says Amupitan
Amupitan said INEC will keep human oversight over result collation and voter accreditation as it expands online registration and AI tools.
- On Wednesday, Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman Prof. Joash Amupitan declared at the Artificial Intelligence and Democracy Forum 2026 in Abuja that algorithms must never determine Nigeria's 2027 election outcome.
- The two-day forum brought together electoral officials from Senegal, Kenya, Gambia, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Togo to discuss balancing technological efficiency with democratic control. Amupitan emphasized that voters hold exclusive authority over leadership choices.
- INEC uses AI to identify duplicate records within over 13 million entries in the national voters' register and has processed more than 15,000 candidate nominations from 22 political parties through its digitized portal.
- Yiaga Africa Executive Director Samson Itodo warned that public distrust remains high and urged transparency for independent AI platforms aggregating results, stressing only INEC holds legal authority to declare official winners.
- INEC established an AI unit within its Information and Communication Technology department and is finalizing a governance framework prioritizing integrity, transparency and human intervention before the January 16, 2027, presidential elections.
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2027: Algorithms must never decide election outcome - INEC chair Amupitan
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Joash Amupitan, has declared that algorithms must never determine the outcome of Nigeria’s 2027 general elections. Amupitan made the declaration at the Artificial Intelligence and Democracy Forum 2026 in Abuja, insisting that the decision on who governs the country belongs to Nigerian voters. “Algorithms will […] 2027: Algorithms must never decide election outcome – INEC …
2027 Elections: Nigerians, Not Algorithms, Will Decide Winners
2027 Elections: Nigerians, Not Algorithms, Will Decide Winners — Amupitan The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash O. Amupitan, SAN, has declared that artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithms will not determine the outcome of Nigeria’s 2027 general elections, insisting that the sovereign will of the electorate must remain the ultimate authority […]
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