FCT Poll: INEC Dismisses Manipulation Of Result Claim
Naija News • 5d ago
Following Saturday’s Area Council elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked claims of result manipulation at the Kuroko Health Centre polling unit in Yangoji Ward, Kwali Area Council.
In a statement issued on Tuesday by the FCT Resident Electoral Commissioner, Aminu K. Idris, the Commission noted that the viral figure of 1,219 votes for a political party was incorrect and misleading.
The clarification followed reports suggesting that the Polling Unit (PU), which has 345 registered voters and 213 accredited voters, produced a mathematically impossible figure.
The commission stressed that technological safeguards within its Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IREV) make such...