Citizen Monitors launches real-time election monitoring web app

Citizen Monitors, a civic-tech organisation, has launched a web-based election-monitoring tool designed to empower citizens to record, verify, and view election activities in real time.

This comes one month ahead of the Anambra governorship election scheduled for November 8, 2025.

In a statement on Monday, the group said the platform aims to make election day “clear, not chaotic”, by turning voters into calm, coordinated witnesses rather than passive bystanders.

“The web app allows users to capture, upload, and view real-time reports from polling units, creating a public evidence base for transparent elections,” the statement reads.

Explaining how the tool works, the organisation noted that users can upload clear photos or videos of result sheets and incidents tagged to their polling units.

Each report is automatically time-stamped and geo-tagged, then peer-reviewed by other users before appearing on the public dashboard. A statewide map and live ticker will display verified updates as they come in.

Adeshope Haastrup, co-founder of Citizen Monitors, said trust grows when people can see the evidence.

“With this app, Anambra can protect its polling units with facts, not noise,” Haastrup said.

On her part, Olajumoke Alawode-James, the organisation’s spokesperson, said the message is simple — see it, record it, verify it.

“If each unit plays its part, election day becomes clearer and safer for everyone,” she said.

Citizen Monitors said interested users can access the tool by visiting www.citizenmonitors.com, creating an account, and completing the onboarding process before election day.

It said on polling day, users should “stand safe, capture clearly, upload once, then help peer-review your unit’s reports”.

The group also highlighted that safety and neutrality remain core principles of the platform.

It advised users not to confront anyone while reporting, to blur or avoid personal data, and to remember that INEC remains the sole authority to declare election results.

“The platform’s role is to publish verified evidence so the public can see what happened at each polling unit,” the statement added.