The third truth about the February 23 election is that the leadership of INEC is guilty as charged for eroding the credibility of the election by proposing an integrity test for the elections – INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) and failing to deliver on it. The main technology innovation, BVAS, would ensure that only those eligible to vote participate and additional “votes” cannot be added subsequently. Recalling the 2019 debates, there cannot be fabricated votes subtracted or added by any INEC server. At the end of voting in each polling unit, the results would be counted in the presence of voters and written into the poster EC 60E which will be posted on the wall. It is this result that was to be captured through a scan and sent through BVAS directly to the INEC viewing portal that all citizens and voters can see live. This transparency means everyone will be seeing the results as they come in and citizens, candidates and parties can cross check that the results on the portal reflect what was compiled at the polling unit. Citizens would have therefore all participated in confirming that the portal results replicate what was counted at the polling units. The IReV component of the integrity test failed and therefore the credibility of the election was lost using the definition of the integrity test crafted by INEC itself. This failure for me is really catastrophic because it created the basis for loss of confidence of citizens in INEC and its processes.
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#NigeriaDecides2023 – Mothers United and Mobilised (MUM), a coalition of Nigerian mothers from all walks of life, has called on the nation’s electoral umpire to remedy lapses observed during Saturday’s polls.
#NigeriaDecides2023 – The Labour Party (LP) candidate for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Senate seat, Mrs. Ireti Kingibe, has been declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
#NigeriaDecides2023 – ASHENEWS reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kebbi state has declared the returning officer of Marafa ward, Yusuf Isah Yahaya for failure to appear at the collation of Kebbi Central Senatorial District.
#NigeriaDecides2023 – The International Republican Institute (IRI) and National Democratic Institute (NDI) Joint Election Observation Mission (IEOM) have presented their preliminary statement on the Presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria, in which they faulted the commitment of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to transparency in the conduct of the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections.
#NigeriaDecides2023 – In efforts to manage election victories and losses in Sokoto state, the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES), has warned politicians against visiting collation centres.
#NigeriaDecides – ASHENEWS reports that operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in Lagos on Friday, intercepted N32,400,000 allegedly suspected of being used for vote buying.
ASHENEWS reports that the Sokoto state chapter of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said that the presidential and National Assembly elections will only hold in 3,983 of the 3,991 polling units in the state.
The Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen Faruq Yahaya has directed personnel of the Nigeria Army to remain disciplined and exercise professionalism in their conduct with the public during the 2023 general elections.
ASHENEWS reports that the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps(NYSC), Brig. Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed has said that the scheme has received assurance from security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the safety of corps members during the 2023 general elections.