Some presiding officers who participated in the last presidential election held across the country on the 23rd of February has confirmed that they transmitted results to the server of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The presiding officers served in Yobe and Bornu state.
The Independent Electoral Commission, (INEC) declared President Muhammadu Buhari winner of the election but the result was rejected by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar.
Atiku, in the suit he filed at the presidential election tribunal, claimed that results from INEC server showed that he won the election but INEC has since dismissed the claim, stating that the PDP flag bearer was parading a fabricated result.
But In their witness statement of oath, some of the presiding officers, said during their training, INEC instructed them on how to electronically transmit the results to its server.
According to one of the presiding officers,“I took part in the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly (Senate and House of Representatives) elections of 23rd February, 2019 where I served as the Presiding Officer (PO) and I ensured the use of the Smart Card Reader for accreditation, verification, authentication, collation and transmission of votes in my polling unit.”
“At the end of voting, the information on the Smart Card Reader with the results inclusive, were collated by me in the presence of the party agents and other ad-hoc staff of the 1st Respondent after which my Assistant Presiding Officer (AP0-1) transmitted the result electronically in my presence to the 1st Respondent’s server, using the Smart Card Reader (SCR) and the code provided by the 1st Respondent.”
“I was employed as an ad hoc staff and trained for three days by the 1st Respondent at the Government College, Maiduguri, Bomo State to serve as a Presiding Officer (PO) at Waliri Polling Unit with Code 003, of Shehun Barna Ward, Bomo State on the 23rd February, 2019 Presidential and National Assembly (Senate and House of Representatives) elections, ” another presiding officer stated.
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