The Independent National Electoral Commission Commission has expressed sadness over the challenges with the INEC Results Viewing Portal (IReV), dismissing any act of intrusion or sabotage of the systems.
In a signed statement by Bar Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, the Commission stated that it is aware of the challenges which unlike in off-season elections where the portal was used, it has been relatively slow and unsteady.
Okoye said the problem is due to technical hitches related to scaling up the IReV from a platform for managing off-season, State elections, to one for managing nationwide general elections. It is indeed not unusual for glitches to occur and be corrected in such situations.
“Consequently, the Commission wishes to assure Nigerians that the challenges are not due to any intrusion or sabotage of our systems, and that the IReV remains well-secured”.
He said, our technical team is working assiduously to solve all the outstanding problems, and users of the IReV would have noticed improvements since last night.
“We also wish to assure Nigerians that results from the Polling Units, copies of which were issued to political parties, are safe on both the BVAS and the IReV portal. These 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”.
“While we fully appreciate the concerns of the public on this situation and welcome various suggestions that we have received from concerned Nigerians, it is important to avoid statements and actions that can heat up the polity at this time or promote disaffection towards the Commission, Okoye stated.
He said the commission take full responsibility for the problems and regret the distress that they have caused the candidates, political parties and the electorate.
