The affected parties are the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) and Action Peoples Party (APP), according to CITAD’s preliminary report on digital access, political parties’ websites, data and privacy breaches.
The report, released on Friday, was based on monitoring conducted through the organisation’s AI-based PAWSON-Monitor platform, which tracks digital rights violations, website availability and potential data and privacy breaches involving political actors.
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CITAD said its observatory monitored 15 political parties participating in the election within the last 24 hours, conducting a total of 17,888 checks on their websites.
It said 11 of the parties had operational websites throughout the monitoring period, with no anomalies recorded that warranted urgent action or suggested deliberate attempts to undermine their digital presence.
However, CITAD said the websites of the four affected parties were operating with anomalies, with particular attention required for the APM and PRP websites.
It also noted that the Young Progressives Party (YPP) recorded a relatively low success rate of 57.3 per cent during the monitoring period.
According to the organisation, the latest findings showed that the PDP and APP, which were not previously among parties flagged for website anomalies, had now joined the group of parties requiring attention.
CITAD urged all political parties, particularly those whose websites are experiencing anomalies, to take immediate steps to identify and rectify the problems to ensure optimal digital access during the election period.
The organisation said equal access to digital platforms was important to ensuring fair play and equal opportunities for participating political parties and candidates.
CITAD said it would continue monitoring the digital environment and conduct human and cross-network verification of emerging anomalies to determine whether disruptions to political parties’ digital platforms were genuine.
The organisation said the PAWSON-Monitor project, which is being piloted ahead of the Osun election, would also be deployed for monitoring digital rights, data and privacy issues during the 2027 general elections.
