The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has said it will take steps to independently monitor and collate its votes during the 2027 general elections, citing concerns about its confidence in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, disclosed this on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, where he discussed the party’s preparations for the next general election.
Abdullahi said the ADC was making plans to ensure that the votes recorded for its candidates at polling units are properly documented and collated by the party.
According to him, the party’s position was influenced by what happened during the 2023 general elections, particularly concerns surrounding the electronic transmission of polling unit results to INEC’s Result Viewing Portal, IReV.
Abdullahi, who contested a senatorial election in 2023, recalled that many candidates and political actors relied on assurances that results would be transmitted automatically to the IReV platform.
He said the process later faced technical problems, which prevented the expected automatic transmission of some results and affected the confidence of politicians who had relied on the system.
The ADC spokesman said the experience had made the party more cautious ahead of the 2027 elections. He said the party would not depend entirely on INEC to safeguard the votes cast for its candidates.
He explained that the ADC was therefore putting measures in place to monitor the voting process and keep its own records of results from polling units.
Abdullahi said the party would accept the final outcome of the election if the declared results accurately reflect the votes recorded at the various polling units.
However, he maintained that the ADC would challenge any result that, in the party’s view, does not correspond with the actual votes cast.
The party spokesman said the planned independent collation of results was intended to help the ADC protect its votes and verify the figures released through the official electoral process.
The ADC’s position comes as political parties intensify preparations for the 2027 general elections, with concerns about election technology, result transmission and the protection of votes remaining part of the wider debate over the credibility of the electoral process.