INEC Promises To Upload Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi Governorship Election Results on IReV

INEC Promises To Upload Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi Governorship Election Results on IReV

  • The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed means of transmitting results in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi governorship elections
  • The INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said election results will be uploaded on its Result Viewing Portal, IReV
  • Yakubu urged members of the public to disregard the report that INEC will transmit election results manually in Bayelsa state

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Ajaokuta, Kogi state - The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it will upload the governorship election results in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi governorship elections on its Result Viewing Portal, IReV.

The Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said INEC would follow the laws for accreditation and results collation during the state’s elections, Vanguard reported.

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INEC promises to upload Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi governorship elections results on IReV
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Yakubu disclosed this while monitoring the mock accreditation exercise in Ajaokuta Local Government Area ahead of the November 11 Kogi governorship election.

He asked the public to disregard what the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Bayelsa state said about transmitting results manually

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“That’s going to be the procedure and it’s for that reason that I will advise you also for those who are registered on the IREV portal.
“That in the next two hours or so, go to the IREV portal and you will see the result of the mock accreditation from all three states.
“We are uploading, as we have done in previous elections.”

As reported by The Punch, Yakubu said INEC has top-notch security arrangements and deployment in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo states.

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The INEC boss said the electoral body was already working with security agencies and would meet next week in Abuja.

“Next week Friday there is going to be a high-level meeting in Abuja co-chair by myself and the National Security Adviser in which all the security chiefs will be present, no representation to discuss the issue of security.

Bayelsa Guber: INEC To transmit election results manually

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that INEC disclosed plans to transmit the election results of the Saturday, November 11 Bayelsa governorship election manually.

The state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Obo Effanga, stated this in Yenagoa on Wednesday, October 4, during an interactive section with religious leaders and faith-based organisations.

INEC releases list of governorship candidates for Kogi, Bayelsa, Imo elections

INEC had on Tuesday, June 6, released the final list of candidates for the November 11 governorship elections in Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo states.

Festus Okoye, the commission's national commissioner and chairman of information and voter education committee, made this known in a statement.

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