2027 election results will be decided by Nigerians, not algorithms – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians that artificial intelligence (AI) and computer algorithms will not determine the outcome of the 2027 general elections.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, gave the assurance at the AI and Democracy Forum 2026 in Abuja, stressing that the power to choose the country’s leaders rests with voters.
According to reports, Amupitan made the clarification while responding to concerns about whether algorithms would determine the outcome of the next general election.
“Let me, as the chair of INEC, answer it unequivocally: no! Algorithms will not and must never decide the 2027 votes,” he said.
He added, “Algorithms w...