Raw polls results for Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections would not be communicated online during the exercise, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, , has said. l
Prof Yakub said Presiding Officers (Pos) will be expected to utilize the BVAS equipment to snap the election results from each polling station and upload them to the INEC Result Viewing Portal for Nigerians to view.
This was disclosed at a meeting with leaders of International Election Observers at the Commission’s Head Office in Abuja, saying the decision to not submit raw numbers electronically was made to prevent hacking since raw figures are more vulnerable to hacking.
He informed foreign observers that the commission’s choice not to provide raw statistics is the fundamental difference between the Kenyan experience and what it is doing.
Prof. Yakubu also stated that the polls will take place as scheduled since the Commission had mobilized all relevant government entities to ensure the exercise’s success.
