Imo opposition coalition petitions anti-graft agencies, police over alleged plot to compromise 2027 polls

A coalition of major opposition political parties in Imo State has sent a strongly worded petition to key anti-graft and security agencies over an alleged plot to compromise the integrity of the 2027 general elections. The coalition also called for an independent investigation and appropriate legal action against anyone found culpable. In a petition dated November 6, 2026, and addressed to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Joash Amupitan, the coalition raised the alarm over a series of developments within INEC's Imo State office which, it argued, needed urgent institutional scrutiny to safeguard the credibility, transparency and impartiality of...