{"id":5850,"date":"2026-11-01T19:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T19:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/01\/2027-well-not-allow-rigging-dino-melaye-warns-inec\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T19:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T19:00:48","slug":"2027-well-not-allow-rigging-dino-melaye-warns-inec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/01\/2027-well-not-allow-rigging-dino-melaye-warns-inec\/","title":{"rendered":"2027: \u2018We\u2019ll not allow rigging\u2019 \u2014 Dino Melaye warns INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"412\" height=\"292\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Melaye.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"2027: \u2018We\u2019ll not allow rigging\u2019 \u2014 Dino Melaye warns INEC\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Melaye.webp 412w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Melaye-300x213.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Kogi West senator, Dino Melaye, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of taking steps to rig the 2027 general elections, warning that any attempt to manipulate the polls would be resisted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melaye made the allegation in a post on his X handle on Sunday, claiming that recent activities by the electoral body suggest what he described as \u201canticipatory rigging\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe activities of INEC in recent times point at anticipatory rigging. Which will be resisted,\u201d Melaye wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former lawmaker also called on INEC to redeem its image ahead of the 2027 elections, insisting that Nigerians would not tolerate electoral manipulation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cINEC must be born again this time because we will not allow rigging. Rig and say your final prayer,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melaye, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has remained a vocal critic of the electoral commission since the 2023 general elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His comments come amid controversy over the discovery of AI-generated photographs in INEC\u2019s preliminary voters\u2019 register, as well as complaints by political parties over the omission of some candidates from the commission\u2019s final list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/11\/2027-well-not-allow-rigging-dino-melaye-warns-inec\/\">2027: \u2018We\u2019ll not allow rigging\u2019 \u2014 Dino Melaye warns INEC<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Vanguard News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Kogi West senator, Dino Melaye, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of taking steps to rig the 2027 general elections, warning that any attempt to manipulate the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}