EU to send experts for 2027 polls

From Aidoghie Paulinus, Abuja
The European Union (EU) will deploy an Electoral Expert Mission (EEM) comprising between two and four independent experts to Nigeria for the 2027 general elections.
Head of the EU Delegation to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Gautier Mignot, disclosed this while clarifying reports concerning the bloc’s planned involvement in the 2027 electoral process.
Mignot said the EU Delegation received a formal invitation from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), dated April 17, 2026, to deploy observers for the 2027 general elections.
According to him, the delegation, in its response dated July 28, 2026, tha...