INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disputed allegations that it withheld IReV passwords from Local Government officials before of today’s election.
INEC denied the accusation in a statement posted early Saturday via its official X account, saying the Presiding Officers, not the Assistant Presiding Officer 1, are responsible for posting results.
According to the Commission, all passwords had been distributed to the designated personnel.
It also warned Nigerians to ignore bogus news that will circulate during and after the elections.
“The attention of the Independent National Electoral Commission has been drawn to a story attributed to unknown “concerned workers” of the Commission that passwords for result upload have been withdrawn from LGA Supervisors for use by APO1s in Imo State. This is untrue. For the avoidance of doubt, Presiding Officers (POs), and not APO1s, are responsible for result upload to the IReV.
“All the passwords have been securely released for use by designated officials in line with the Commission’s procedure. The public should expect more of such insinuations before, during and after the elections and continue to discountance them,” the statement reads.
On the eve of the off-cycle governorship election, charges were made against the election umpire.
According to claims, the election umpire removed IReV passwords previously granted to the Assistant Presiding Officer 1, who was purportedly in charge of result upload, as part of its efforts to alter election results.