The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied the alleged manipulation of accredited figures of voters in the Kogi governorship election results uploaded on the INEC Result Viewing (IReV) portal, as reported in some sections of the media
The Commission stated this in a statement signed by its national commissioner and member Information and Voter Education Committee, Mallam Mohammed Kudu Haruna, on Tuesday.
INEC insisted that the most accurate and up-to-date voters’ accreditation data is available in the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), “which is used for the authentication and accreditation of registered voters at various polling units on election day. It automatically retains the accreditation data of all voters.”
The nation’s electoral body disclosed that BVAS was designed to work offline without internet connectivity.
This, according to him, “facilitates faster and seamless authentication and accreditation experience for voters.
“However, 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).
