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General News of Tuesday, 28 February 2023

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Video of INEC chairman promising to upload results in real time surfaces

Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) play videoProfessor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)

A video is making rounds of the Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu promising Nigerians that the results of the election will be uploaded onto the portal in real time.

This video emerged after the INEC failed to upload the results onto the portal and claimed the reason for the slow upload is as a result of some challenges.

Political parties and Nigerians have raised concerns saying this move by INEC make the results invalid. Some also challenge the results provided by the commission,

In the video, INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu debunked reports that his commission plans to jettison the results that will collated in real time on election day. He urged the public to disregard the "fake news".

He assured that "the commission will upload the results and citizens will have access to those results in real time when done in the polling units. According to him, this was instituted by the commission and they cannot turn around and undermine itself."

However, the situation at hand is contrary to the announcement declared by the INEC in November, 2022.

Opposition parties have called on the INEC boss to step down and allow another person conduct a new election as the election lacks credibility and transparency.

Watch the video below;