Obi made the statement while responding to a question from journalist Ojy Okpe, who asked whether his earlier promise to transmit election results amounted to plans to establish a parallel Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Okpe asked: “Do you mean to form your parallel INEC when you said you’d transmit results?”
Responding, Obi said his proposal would focus on transmitting results from individual polling units rather than creating a separate electoral commission.
“In every polling unit we will have a system that transmits results from the polling unit. We won’t rely on INEC’s results anymore,” Obi said.
The former Anambra State governor did not, in the excerpt, provide detailed technical information on how the proposed system would operate or how it would interact with INEC’s legally mandated election-result processes.
His comments appear to reflect his broader emphasis on using technology to improve transparency and accountability during elections.
The proposal also raises questions about how independently collected polling-unit results would be authenticated, secured and reconciled with the official results declared by INEC, which remains Nigeria’s constitutionally established electoral management body.
Obi has repeatedly made electoral transparency a major part of his political message ahead of the 2027 presidential election, arguing that technology should be used to reduce manipulation and strengthen public confidence in election outcomes.
His latest remarks are therefore likely to generate further debate over the role technology should play in Nigeria’s elections and whether political parties and candidates should develop independent result-monitoring systems alongside INEC’s official processes.
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