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With off-cycle governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states on November 11, there are concerns on the credibility of the election, especially with the verdict of the Presidential Elections Petitions Tribunal...
But to the dismay of Nigerians, results of the presidential election were not transmitted electronically, and this was part of the petitions presented by the opposition parties at the PEPT. According to him, there is likely going to be voter apathy in the coming gubernatorial polls in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa states, adding that this further puts democracy in retreat. He stressed that declaring the use of IReV as optional has created a trust deficit in the electoral process.
The founder of the 40 Million Ballots Movement, an Obi support group, Kennedy Iyere, said electronic transmission of results is inevitable in the forthcoming governorship polls in Imo, Kogi, and Bayelsa states. He maintained that there was a need for the votes of the people to count, saying enough of huge funds being wasted on post-election legal cases. Iyere said it was saddening that what INEC said was needed to restore the confidence of the people was not available.
Speaking with The Guardian, Associate Professor of Political Science, Lead City University, Dr Tunde Oseni, said the fact that the court had left the use of IReV at the discretion of INEC is not an excuse for failure on the part of the electoral body to properly collate legitimate votes and return them.
“I think it is okay to give INEC a free hand and do what works best for them. But, if we insist on using a particular method, it means that you are going to be caging the electoral umpire but it is important on the part of INEC to be sincere, including its officials, management board and those in charge of electoral administrations in Nigeria.”
“What is the true role of the IReV portal in the election process, as a viewing portal or can it be used for results collation? I believe that such a step would make for greater transparency. “Every BVAS machine will contain the details of all the registered voters of the particular polling unit to which it is deployed or attached. “Thereafter, after the close of poll, counting of votes, declaration of results and the recording of the votes in the Form EC8A, the BVAS will be used to take a picture of the result and, all things being equal, upload it to the IReV.
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