Obidient Movement queries INEC’s proposed deployment of AI for 2027 elections

The Obidient Movement has questioned the Independent National Electoral Commission's proposed deployment of Artificial Intelligence in the 2027 elections. In a statement issued by Worldwide Coordinator Dr Yunusa Tanko, the movement said the commission had yet to sufficiently explain how the technology would work. Tanko raised concerns over the commission's credibility, transparency, secrecy and electoral processes, and called on INEC to explain the problems the proposed technology was intended to address and the safeguards against its abuse. He argued that technology is not the fundamental challenge confronting Nigeria's electoral system, citing transparency, institutional independence and accountability as the core issues.

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