The Chairman Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has declared that the results for the Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi governorship elections will be transmitted electronically. Yakubu stated this while speaking with newsmen at Ward 009, LEA School, Ganaja Village, Ajaokuta Local Government Area, Kogi State. He said that the commission would follow the laws for accreditation and results collation during the state’s elections.
“The method is as provided by law, electronic accreditation, electronic upload of results on the IREV portal and that is why we are doing this mock.
“So, please disregard whatever was reported about what the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) was said to have said in Bayelsa.
“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,” Yakubu said.
Yakubu noted that the security agencies have given assurances of adequate security on election day.
According to him, “Well, so far, so good in terms of assurance from the security agencies, as we can see; they’re even here for the mock election, and next Friday, there is going to be a high-level meeting in Abuja, chaired by myself and the National Security Adviser, in which all the security chiefs will be present to discuss the issue of security for the three states.
“So we are on top of the situation in terms of security arrangements and security deployment.”
