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Nigeria: INEC chairman warns of AI-driven disinformation threat

Africa Links 24 with Muideen Olaniyi
Published on 2026-09-02 16:01:00

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, has warned that the growing sophistication of artificial intelligence-driven disinformation poses one of the most serious threats to the credibility of Nigeria’s 2027 General Election.

He also called for electoral technology and electoral communication to be treated as a single discipline ahead of the polls.

Prof. Amupitan made the call on Wednesday in Abuja while delivering a keynote…

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