The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has denied reports alleging that it was tampering with the accredited figures of voters in the Kogi Governorship Election results uploaded on the INEC Result Viewing (IReV) portal, describing it as unfounded.
The Commission in a Statement released to journalists by The National Commissioner and member Information and Voter Education Committee Mohammed Kudu-Haruna said the most accurate and up-to-date Voters’ Accreditation Data is available in the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), used for the authentication and accreditation of registered voters at various polling units on election day.
The statement explained that The BVAS is designed to primarily work offline without Internet connectivity, which facilitates faster and seamless authentication and accreditation experience for voters.
Haruna However said, when its application is active or in use, depending on the strength of its connection to the Internet, the BVAS automatically exports the accreditation data to the Accreditation Backend system, ABS, noting that data does not happen when the device’s application is inactive or when the internet connectivity is poor.
He said The same experience applies to a situation where more than one BVAS gadget is used at a polling unit with more than 1,250 registered voters, which could be compared to a situation when poor network services delay the delivery of an SMS sent from one individual to another through a mobile phone.
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He said at the close of poll, Presiding Officers are expected to press the data exportation button on the BVAS to ensure that all the accreditation data are exported to the ABS, a process, that could lead to changes in the accreditation figures as more data flow in to update the existing figures, which is the basis for the caveat provided on the IReV portal, regarding the accreditation figures.
The commission advised the public to disregard the misleading report and misinformation
(Editor: Hadiza.A.A)
