Peter Obi’s supporters urged to join Nigeria’s INEC
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Vanguard
Oseloka Obaze, a former Peoples Democratic Party candidate for Anambra governor in 2017 and campaign director for Peter Obi in 2023, urges Obi’s supporters to register as ad hoc staff of Nigeria’s electoral commission (INEC). Recruitment is due to close in four days; registering would allow them to be present at polling units and collation centres, according to Vanguard.
Oseloka Obaze, a former candidate for governor of Anambra for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2017 and campaign director of the 2023 Obi-Datti presidential bid, calls on supporters of Peter Obi, known as 'Obidients', to register as ad hoc electoral staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead of the 2027 general election. He wrote this on Saturday 14 November on X, specifying that the ongoing recruitment must close in four days.
He wants these activists to be present at polling stations, constituencies and results collation centres, in order to prevent any electoral fraud and manipulation. Despite the ongoing actions of INEC, he asks that they be followed closely. He believes Nigerians opposed to electoral fraud are in the majority and can force, through constitutional means, a free, credible and fair election in 2027.
This call comes as INEC is prosecuting 54 staff for fraudulent registrations. On 13 November, the commission had already warned about a plan for electoral abduction.
