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Elections are won or lost at 176,846 polling units, one result sheet at a time. Know your rights, watch your unit, photograph the sheet and report what you see. Peacefully, lawfully and together, we make every vote count.

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  • Nonpartisan
  • Evidence first
  • Peaceful and lawful
An elderly man in a blue and orange agbada drops his ballot into the Presidential box. Senatorial and House of Representatives boxes stand beside it under an INEC Polling Zone sign.
Photo: Yemi Festus, Badagry, Lagos State, 2023. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Resized and cropped.
How we label every report
ReportedVerified

Every report starts as an allegation. Only facts confirmed by two independent sources are ever called verified.

Our first rule

An allegation is not a crime.

A report tells us what someone says they saw. It does not prove that anyone broke the law, and nobody is named or treated as guilty because of it. Every report carries one of four labels from the moment it arrives, and nothing is called verified until two independent sources confirm it and a second reviewer signs off. Even then, a verified finding confirms the facts. Only a court can decide that a crime was committed.

Instant screening
Legal testDoes the account describe conduct that could be an offence under the Electoral Act 2026, or a breach of INEC procedure?
Authenticity testIs there any sign that the text or photo was made by AI, edited, copied from elsewhere or sent as part of a coordinated batch?

Both checks run within seconds of a report arriving. Reports that pass go to the front of the queue for a trained reviewer. Reports that fail are held for a person to examine. None is thrown away unseen.

  1. 1Reported

    Received from a member of the public and not yet checked. It is an account, not proof, and it accuses no one.

  2. 2Under review

    A trained, nonpartisan reviewer is testing the account against documents, other witnesses and the law that applies.

  3. 3Verified

    The facts are confirmed by two independent sources, one of them documentary, and approved by a second reviewer. Only a court can decide that a crime was committed.

  4. 4Not substantiated

    Checked with care but not confirmed, or outweighed by stronger evidence. Saying so openly is part of being fair.

Election day, step by step

Five moments where your eyes matter

Most problems happen at a known point in the day. Grouping reports this way lets reviewers test each one against the rule that applies at that moment.

Voters and an assistant presiding officer search the printed voters' register pasted on a yellow wall outside a polling unit.
Finding a name on the register posted outside the polling unit.Photo: Yemi Festus, Badagry, Lagos State, 2023. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Resized and cropped.
Polling officials in reflective INEC vests check a voter's details at a green table, holding the register and a voter's card.
Officials check a voter against the register before accreditation.Photo: Yemi Festus, Badagry, Lagos State, 2023. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Resized and cropped.
A line of voters waits on a sandy street beside a small polling unit with ballot boxes, officials at a table and a Polling Zone sign.
Voters wait their turn at an open-air polling unit.Photo: Yemi Festus, Badagry, Lagos State, 2023. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Resized and cropped.
A polling official in an INEC vest holds a ballot paper high for all to see as agents and voters gather around the ballot box.
Each ballot is held up as it is counted, in full view of agents and voters.Photo: Iyusuf615, Gombe State, 2023. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Resized and cropped.
  1. 01Early morning

    Before polls open

    Officials and materials arrive, and the polling unit is set up in public view.

    • Officials or materials arrived late
    • Polling unit moved without notice
    • Voter register missing
  2. 02From opening

    Accreditation

    Each voter shows a PVC and is checked on the BVAS device, as section 47 of the Electoral Act 2026 requires.

    • BVAS device not working
    • Accreditation without BVAS
    • Registered voters turned away
  3. 03During polls

    Voting

    Every accredited voter casts a ballot in secret, free from pressure or threat.

    • Voter intimidation or threats
    • Ballot box snatching
    • Secrecy of the ballot breached
  4. 04After polls close

    Counting and announcement

    Ballots are sorted and counted in public, and the result is entered on Form EC8A.

    • Result not announced at the unit
    • Form EC8A not posted publicly
    • Party agents or observers denied access
  5. 05Evening onward

    Upload and collation

    The result goes to IReV under section 60(3), then is added up at ward, LGA and state collation centres.

    • Result not uploaded to IReV
    • IReV figures differ from the unit sheet
    • Disputed figures at collation
How a result is made

Your vote travels six steps. Every step can be checked.

A national result is only the sum of 176,846 polling unit sheets. If the first sheet is right and every addition after it is honest, the result is honest. That is why a photo of Form EC8A, taken by a citizen at the polling unit, is so powerful.

  1. EC8APolling unit

    Votes are counted in public and written on the result sheet, which is signed, stamped and displayed.

  2. IReVINEC Result Viewing

    The presiding officer must send the sheet electronically to IReV, under section 60(3) of the Electoral Act 2026.

  3. EC8BWard collation

    Results from every polling unit in the ward are added up.

  4. EC8CLGA collation

    Ward totals are added up for the local government area.

  5. EC8DState collation

    LGA totals are added up for the state.

  6. EC8ENational declaration

    The returning officer declares the final result.

What you can do here

Five tools. One purpose.

Each tool does one job well, and every one of them works on a basic phone.

01

Report an incident

Tell us what you saw at your polling unit in about three minutes. No name is needed, and your draft is kept safe on your phone if the network drops.

Start a report
02

Check a result sheet

Copy the figures from Form EC8A at your polling unit. Five quick sums show whether the sheet adds up and agrees with what INEC published on IReV.

Check figures
03

Integrity Watch

Follow confirmed findings across the 36 states and the FCT. Unchecked allegations are always counted apart, so a rumour never passes for a fact.

Open the dashboard
04

Citizen Results Tally

Ordinary citizens photograph the result sheet at each polling unit. Every sheet is checked against the others and added up in the open, beside what INEC declares.

See the tally
05

Know your rights

Plain guidance on the Electoral Act 2026. What the law allows, what it forbids, and how to seek redress peacefully when something goes wrong.

Read the guide
Witness protection

You speak up. We guard your name.

Witnesses stay silent when they fear being found out. So we built Action Nigeria to need as little about you as possible. What matters is what you saw, where and when.

We do not share contact details with any party, agency or the police unless you agree in writing, or a court orders it and our lawyers have examined the order.

Voters stand in a yellow hall near ballot boxes on a wooden table while an assistant presiding officer in an INEC vest looks on.
Inside a polling unit, with an assistant presiding officer on duty.Photo: Yemi Festus, Badagry, Lagos State, 2023. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Resized and cropped.

No name needed

You report anonymously unless you choose otherwise. A reference number and a private code let you follow your report without revealing who you are.

Evidence locked away

Photos, video and audio are encrypted on our servers. Hidden location details are stripped from photos on your own phone before they ever leave it.

Contact only if you choose

You may leave a phone number so a reviewer can follow up. It is stored apart from your report, only the case lead can open it, and every opening is recorded.

No live tracking

Public maps show the LGA only, never the polling unit, until 72 hours after polls close. Nobody can trace a report back to you in real time.

Built for every phone

Works where the network is weak

Lite mode for 2G and 3G

Turn on Lite mode from the menu to drop pictures and decoration. Pages stay small and load quickly, even on a basic Android phone with weak signal.

Your language

English for now. Nigerian Pidgin, Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo will follow, each one checked word by word by native speakers, because safety advice must never be lost in translation.

No smartphone? Coming

Reporting by SMS, USSD and WhatsApp is planned. It depends on agreements with the mobile networks and is not available yet.

From Badagry to Gombe

The same ballot boxes. The same rights. In every state.

The law that protects a voter in Lagos protects a voter in Gombe. Every polling unit uses the same forms, the same boxes and the same rules for counting. So a citizen anywhere can check the result where they voted, and the checks add up across the whole country.

A large crowd of men and women, many in bright hijabs, waits behind a rope under shade trees while officials work at a bench.
Voters queue under the trees at Pantami, Gombe.Photo: Iyusuf615, Pantami, Gombe State, 2023. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Resized and cropped.
Three transparent INEC ballot boxes on white plastic chairs, labelled House of Representatives, Senatorial and Presidential.
Transparent boxes, one for each race, set out before voting begins.Photo: Yemi Festus, Badagry, Lagos State, 2023. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Resized and cropped.

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