Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan, has warned media organisations against declaring privately collated results during the 2027 general elections.
Amupitan issued the warning on Tuesday in Abuja at a national stakeholders’ meeting convened to mark 100 days to the polls.
He stressed that under the Electoral Act, the authority to declare results in national elections rests exclusively with the commission.
“The third is partnership with you in the media. I repeat the charge I gave to the members of the Nigerian Guild of Editors recently in Enugu,” he said.
“Establish fact-checking desks and use digital forensic tools in verifying your information. Verify with INEC before you publish.
“Resist the declaration of privately collated results, because under the Electoral Act, the authority to declare results rests exclusively with the Commission in national elections. It is far more important to be right than to be the first.”
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