From Victor Osula, Abuja
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has admitted to result portal breakdown following complaints from political parties, voters and stakeholders.
National Commissioner, Voter Education and Publicity, Mr Festus Okoye said on Sunday night that the portal was undergoing hitches related to scaling up of the IRev from a platform for managing off-season, state elections to one for managing nationwide general elections. He reassured Nigerians “that the problem was not due to any intrusion or sabotage of our systems and that the IRev remains well-secured.”
According to him, the Commission’s technical team was working hard to solve problems. “We also assure Nigerians that the results from the polling Unitcopies which were issues to political parties are safe on both the BVAS and the IRev portal.
The results cannot be tampered with and any discrepancy between them and the physical results used in collation will be thoroughly investigated and remediated in line with Section 65 of the Electoral Act 2022. “We take full responsibility for the problems and regret the distress that they have caused the candidates, political parties and the electorate.”
