Protesters Demand INEC Chairman’s Resignation Outside Chatham House

Protesters gathered outside Chatham House in London on Thursday, 12 November, and called for the resignation of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Joash Amupitan over alleged irregularities in Nigeria’s preliminary voter register.

Amupitan was in London to discuss preparations for the 2027 general elections at a forum organised by Chatham House and the Kimpact Development Initiative.

Footage published by Nigerian news outlets showed demonstrators surrounding a vehicle reported to be carrying the INEC chairman, News About Nigeria reports.

The protesters raised concerns about duplicate registrations and photographs they alleged had been generated using artificial intelligence.

INEC had previously announced an investigation into questionable entries. The commission said some of the records circulating online dated back to earlier registration exercises, including records from 2011.

On 9 November, Amupitan said a review of the 2025–2026 Continuous Voter Registration exercise had led to the removal of more than 1.6 million invalid registrations.

INEC also said it removed 873 records belonging to people it had confirmed were deceased.

The commission’s review and the allegations raised at the protest concern the accuracy of the register that will be used to determine who can vote.