Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned against vote buying and says it is more than 80 percent ready for the 2027 general elections, according to Channels Television.
The commission's readiness assessment was reported on Saturday, October 10, 2026. INEC also used the occasion to caution against the buying and selling of votes.
The warning comes amid wider scrutiny of preparations for the 2027 polls. Channels Television's report sits alongside other coverage raising questions about the process.
Premium Times published a commentary by Jibrin Ibrahim examining concerns about the 2027 general elections. Vanguard News reported low turnout of registered voters nationwide during Permanent Voter Card (PVC) collection. TheCable addressed the voter register in a piece on politicians and what it described as a 103 million figure.
Separately, The Guardian Nigeria News reported that INEC is working with Google and Microsoft to block cyber attacks.
Taken together, the reports point to an election cycle in which the commission is managing logistics, voter registration and digital security at the same time as it pushes back against vote buying.
INEC's stated level of readiness is its own assessment, as reported by Channels Television, and no breakdown of the figure was provided in the available material.
What to watch next: whether INEC releases a detailed readiness breakdown and whether PVC collection turnout improves ahead of 2027.
