Supreme Court reveals implication of INEC not electronically transmitting election results on time

  • The Supreme Court has spoken on IReV, an online platform where pictures of polling unit results are uploaded using the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines
  • INEC had promised ahead of the last general elections in Nigeria that the results would be uploaded to IReV promptly
  • However, it failed to fulfill the promise with results taking days to weeks to be uploaded to IReV for the public to access, prompting serious displeasure from opposition elements

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FCT, Abuja – The Supreme Court has said the non-functioning of the Result Viewing (IReV) portal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may reduce the confidence of the voting public in the electoral process.