Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied a report alleging that the commission has withdrawn the password for the uploaded of election results from the Local Government Supervisors in Imo State.
Gatekeepers News reports that INEC was reacting claims by Chidi Odinkalu, lawyer and human rights activist, who alleged that there will be IReV malfunction during the election in Imo because the passwords to be used for the upload of results have been withdrawn from the officials in charge.
In a post on his official X account, he said: “I have just learnt from concerned workers that the password to transmit results to IREV issued yesterday to LGA supervisors in Imo for use by APO1s tomorrow have been withdrawn without reason. New passwords have not been issued. Expect IREV ‘malfunction’ tomorrow.”
The commission in a statement released to reporters by Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Spokesperson to INEC Chairperson, described the report as fake.
“The attention of INEC 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drawn to a story attributed to unknown “concerned workers” of the Commission that passwords for result upload have been withdrawn from LGA Supervisors for use by APO1s in Imo State.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,” Oyekanmi said.
