The controversy surrounding the voter register launched by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, continues to generate reactions.
This comes as the African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, dared INEC to call the officers behind the AI-generated images and irregularities in the voter register and expose the corporations dealing with delicate election supplies.
Atiku threw the problem in an announcement issued by his spokesperson, Phrank Shaibu, on Friday.
Atiku described as a catastrophic failure the electoral physique’s admission that its registration officers launched the irregularities.
“Publish the contractors’ identities and clarify the safeguards governing their work”, Atiku mentioned.
He slammed INEC Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, over his assertion, made via the Commission’s Director of Information and Communication Technology, ICT, Dr Lawrence Bayode, that INEC is aware of what its officers did however doesn’t know why, describing it as a disgraceful evasion.
Atiku warned INEC towards quietly cleansing up the register and burying the proof, insisting that the allegation that over 20 million AI-generated images could also be concerned requires an impartial forensic audit.
Recall that three days in the past, INEC printed the preliminary voters’ register amid strain from opposition events, together with Atiku Abubakar’s ADC.
However, the voter register has been trailed by issues over AI-generated images.
Reacting to the controversy, INEC vowed to evaluate the register.
Bayode mentioned throughout a latest Arise Television interview that registration officers allegedly used their official login particulars to introduce irregularities.
