Seun Okinbaloye warns 2027 election already rigged through voters' register manipulation
Channels TV journalist Seun Okinbaloye raised alarm Friday night on Politics Today that politicians have already begun rigging the 2027 election by manipulating the voters' register. He cited intelligence showing underage registration, double registration, and ghost voters surfacing nationwide.
"The 2027 election is already being rigged right now. Not on election day. It is being rigged with the voters' register," Okinbaloye said. "If INEC does not clean it up now, we are wasting our time."
He called on INEC to immediately launch a thorough audit to remove fake names, dead voters, and underage registrants. The warning comes over a year before the scheduled general elections, suggesting the window for corrective action is now.
A compromised register undermines the entire electoral process — if the foundation is corrupted, the outcome is predetermined regardless of election-day procedures. This affects every Nigerian voter's ability to have their ballot count.
INEC has not yet responded publicly to these specific allegations. The commission's credibility hinges on whether it acts decisively to audit and clean the register before the damage becomes irreversible.
Will INEC treat this as urgent enough to launch an immediate nationwide audit, or will it wait until opposition parties reject results next year?