Nigeria’s opposition Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) is not planning a parallel result collation system for the 2027 general elections, according to NDC chieftain Senator Victor Umeh. He says the party will instead deploy agents at polling units to collate results declared at those units and transmit them onward.
The outlets report Umeh’s clarification as a response to questions about whether the NDC would operate an alternative mechanism alongside official processes. Vanguard notes that the party’s approach centers on polling-unit agents who handle collation and transmission of declared results. The Punch also highlights Umeh’s statement that no parallel collation system is planned, without adding contrasting details or evidence of an alternative plan.
Overall, both sources agree on the core point: Umeh denies that the NDC intends to set up a separate parallel collation system for 2027, describing polling-unit agents and result transmission as the intended framework.
