Sunday, October 5, 2025 - The African
Democratic Congress, ADC, has slammed the Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC, accusing it of betraying public trust in the conduct of
Nigeria’s 2023 general elections.
The ADC stated that the result of the elections represented
a major setback to the country’s democratic aspirations.
The party made the accusation at a high-level meeting with
the European Union Election Observation Mission in Abuja, where both parties
called for urgent electoral reforms to restore public confidence and ensure
free, fair, and credible polls in 2027.
This was contained in a statement shares via X on Saturday
by the party’s National Secretary, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.
EU delegation, led by Chief of Mission and Member of the
European Parliament, Mr Barry Andrews, met with the ADC leadership as part of
its review of the 2023 elections.
The ADC said the meeting was aimed at identifying flaws and
recommending corrective measures that would safeguard the integrity of
Nigeria’s future polls.
The party disclosed that its delegation to the meeting was
led by National Chairman, Senator David Mark, and included top leaders such as
Liyel Imoke, Emeka Ihedioha, Babachir Lawal, Bolaji Abdullahi, Ibrahim Mani,
and Chile Igbawua.
It added that both parties reached a common understanding
that the 2023 elections failed to meet the expectations of Nigerians, noting
that INEC’s inability to uphold its promise of transparency in result collation
deeply undermined the credibility of the process.
According to the statement, the ADC described INEC’s failure
to transmit results from polling units to the INEC Result Viewing portal in
real time as “a betrayal of public trust and a breach of confidence in the
electoral process.”
“The party noted that the final results declared were
inconsistent with the votes cast, which frustrated the will of the electorate
and diminished public confidence in Nigeria’s democracy,” Aregbesola wrote.
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