The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress in the 2027 election, Peter Obi, says his team plans to establish an independent system for transmitting polling-unit results to its own situation room.
Obi disclosed this during an interview with Arise TV on Thursday, saying the arrangement would allow his team to monitor results as they are counted and recorded at polling units.
According to him, the proposed system would operate alongside the official result transmission process of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
He said, “We must make sure that at every polling unit, the votes are counted, the votes are recorded properly, the votes are transmitted properly.
“And we will have even a dual transmission so that as it’s going to the proper designated INEC portal, it’s also being transmitted where the people can see it.”
Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, explained that the plan was not intended to create a parallel electoral system but to provide an additional mechanism for independently monitoring the accuracy of results.
He said his team would ensure that every polling unit had a means of transmitting the results to its situation room.
“All we are saying is that this time around, we will make sure that in every polling unit, we must have a system that transmits to our own situation room the correct results,” Obi stated.
The former Labour Party presidential candidate added that other groups could adopt similar systems, saying greater independent monitoring would help prevent the declaration of figures that did not originate from polling units.
“And I’m sure there are so many other agencies that intend to do the same thing. So we’re not going to have a situation where somebody pronounces something that didn’t emanate from the polling unit. Our task is to make sure that the right things are done,” he said.
Obi maintained that a transparent election was achievable, citing Ghana and other countries as examples.
He also described the 2027 presidential election as a contest between Nigerians and the government, rather than simply a battle among political parties.
