Firm unveils technology to end forgery, seeks INEC adoption
With hours to major party primaries, a Nigerian technology firm has submitted an emergency proposal to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) demanding immediate adoption of a digital system it says will prevent the signature forgery and fake consensus that have repeatedly destroyed political aspirants. Digitalcore Solution GM Engr Bashir umar garba , present a […]
With hours to major party primaries, a Nigerian technology firm has submitted an emergency proposal to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) demanding immediate adoption of a digital system it says will prevent the signature forgery and fake consensus that have repeatedly destroyed political aspirants.
Digitalcore Solution GM Engr Bashir umar garba , present a letter dated May 15, 2026 to INEC Chairman Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, unveiled ACCT — Automated Consent & Consensus Technology, a multi-layer verification platform designed to eliminate forged endorsement letters, fake resignations, and backroom consensus imposition.
The firm warned that without the system, aspirants face the same destruction pattern that has characterised Nigerian party primaries for years: political actors announcing consensus candidates with documents the alleged signatories later deny, plunging aspirants into litigation and political ruin.
“Adopt Now or Watch Aspirants Get Destroyed”
Engr. Bashir Umar Garba, General Manager of Software Engineering at Digitalcore Solution Limited and developer of ACCT, said the technology was not a vendor product for sale but electoral infrastructure INEC is legally mandated to own and deploy under the Electoral Act 2026.
“The pattern is well known. Ten aspirants contest a position. A faction announces that nine have stepped down and endorsed one person. The nine later deny signing. INEC is left with disputed paper. The courts spend years on handwriting analysis. The aspirants are destroyed politically and financially. ACCT ends this but only if INEC adopts it now.”
The submission comes as the All Progressives Congress (APC) and other major parties prepare for governorship and legislative primaries across the country, with consensus arrangements already generating tension in multiple states.
Electoral Act Mandates Digital Monitoring, Firm Says
Bashir cited provisions of the Electoral Act 2026 which he said require INEC to deploy technological tools for primary monitoring. Section 84(1) of the Act provides that party primaries “shall be monitored by the Commission.” Section 87(1) requires that where consensus is adopted, parties must obtain “the written consent of all cleared aspirants” indicating voluntary withdrawal and endorsement. The firm argued that these provisions impose an obligation on INEC to verify consent through means stronger than handwritten signatures, which have repeatedly failed the test of authenticity in Nigerian electoral disputes.
The law does not say INEC may monitor. It says INEC shall monitor. The law does not say consent should be transparent. It says it must be valid and transparent. Paper alone cannot deliver that. INEC needs its own digital verification system.
How ACCT Works
According to the proposal, ACCT would require each aspirant to complete a structured verification process before any endorsement or withdrawal is recorded as valid.
The system includes a public transparency portal displaying real-time consensus status, including whether all cleared aspirants have endorsed a candidate or whether the party must proceed to direct primaries.
Analyst Muhammad Alhaji Muhammad says the proposal tests whether INEC will extend its technology infrastructure into party primary oversight, a gap that has left the commission reliant on party-submitted documents it cannot independently verify.