The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed reports circulating on social media claiming that it had revised the campaign timetable for the 2027 general elections.
According to the commission, the viral graphic making the rounds online as fake.
The false graphic claimed that the electoral body had released a separate official campaign timetable in line with the Electoral Act, altering the dates for the end of political campaigns while retaining the previously announced election dates. According to the misleading post, campaigns for the presidential and National Assembly elections would now end on January 15, 2027, instead of January 14, while governorship and state House of Assembly campaigns would end on February 5, 2027, instead of February 4.
Although the viral graphic retained January 16, 2027, as the date for the presidential and National Assembly elections and February 6, 2027, for the governorship and state assembly polls, INEC said it
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