In the aftermath of judgement by the Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has provided clarifications on the discrepancy related to the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS).

The tribunal ruling on Friday nullified the election of Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Ademola Adeleke amid over-voting and additional votes for Adegboyega Oyetola (All Progressives Congress) putting him ahead of Adeleke.

A former Director, Voter Education and Publicity, INEC, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, who made a live appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Monday, said there should not have been a discrepancy in the 2022 Osun State governorship election.

Osaze-Uzzi explained that the APC obtained a certified copy of the initial server report before some of the data had been transmitted by the BVAS hardware.

He, however, pointed out that the verdict was not a unanimous judgement.

“The second [tribunal] member – the honourable justice who dissented from his two colleagues – said, ‘I would rather use the primary source of this information, and the primary source of this data is actually the machine itself,'” the INEC official said.

“It is basically a computer. So, rather than go to the server where it transmitted data, I would use the printout from the machine itself.

“The machines were tendered, so were the reports from the server, and there ought not to have been a discrepancy, but somewhere along the line, not all the data had been transmitted at the time the APC obtained the certified copy of the initial server report.”

Osaze-Uzzi, however, described the judgement as a validation of the role BVAS has played in enhancing the electoral process.

Rather than view the discrepancy from a negative perspective, he encouraged stakeholders to take a more optimistic outlook, arguing that BVAS exposed the over-voting in the election.

“It was BVAS that exposed that as it were, and the fact that the BVAS report was relied on. But we have to be careful; which of the BVAS reports was relied on? Was it what was transmitted to the server – to the back-end – or was it the BVAS itself?” he posed.

According to him, there is a need to break the verdict of the tribunal. He added that the majority of the tribunal – “the chairman and the second member” – relied on the initial report and the initial report of the back-end, duly certified by INEC.

“It was downloaded from the server [after it was] transmitted. But a couple of days later – INEC used the word ‘synchronised’, I’m not too sure I like that word, but – you synchronise it and say, ‘Have all the results been transmitted – has all data been transmitted from the machine, BVAS itself, to the server?’

“The machine is a physical one and then it transmits to a physical one. It now went, checked and said, ‘There’s a problem here.’ The BVAS report now downloaded itself, [we] now brought it out and examined each BVAS machine and now found out that no, some data was not transmitted to the server,” Osaze-Uzzi said.

https://www.channelstv.com/2023/01/30/osun-tribunal-not-all-data-was-transmitted-when-apc-obtained-bvas-server-report-inec/

Alright, this could be the importance of BVAS

Really?

This statement from INEC sounds more like...APC got the data before we could manipulate it.

Does it take days/weeks to synchronize data? I thought it was supposed to be real time.

Folks don't let INEC insult your sensibilities. Any synchronization not done same day is scam!!!

This is the most dumbest thing I ever heard.

Except if this guy can prove that a BVAS for a certain polling unit don't transfer the data at once.

Does it transmit in form of a batch job or it just transmit all data at once from the BVAS for a single polling unit?. It is just like snapping photo, if you try airdropping a single photo to someone, the photo gets sent at once and I don't think you will have a scenario where only the head appear on the other phone and the body is missing.

Hmm

FuglyGurl:


https://www.channelstv.com/2023/01/30/osun-tribunal-not-all-data-was-transmitted-when-apc-obtained-bvas-server-report-inec/

Tinubu is fighting his last fight to ensure that all SW states are in his pocket.
The Yoruba emperor once boasted " When I sleep, Yoruba land goes to sleep and when I wake, Yoruba land is awake".
A region with intellectuals and prominent people is being controlled by a demented old drug Lord.

It doesn't even make sense
How did they declare a winner then? If the results hadn't finished transmitting...

Wow

No wonder, he is a former director...

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LegendHero:
This is the most dumbest thing I ever heard.

Lolz...read again bro, yes! this time do it slowly

This is actually very dumb of Inec. Why give APC an incomplete data when you know it will be tendered as evidence at the court of law? Why did it take a month for the so-called synchronization to complete?

LegendHero:
This is the most dumbest thing I ever heard.

You can wail all you want but be rest assured that Ademola Adeleke remains governor of Osun state

Confused country

richidinho:


Lolz...read again bro, yes! this time do it slowly

He is more sensible than you are. You are the dull one here. That is truly the dumbest excuse from INEC.

So it means INEC announced a winner even when the result was incomplete and still synchronising

I don't blame the 'buga' judge. I blame INEC. That was a terrible mistake from INEC.

lhordspy:


He is more sensible than you are. You are the dull one here.

Ok sir, but have you seen the direction of the case at the appeal now?😀😀

INEC don chop APC money clean mouth

richidinho:


Ok sir, but have you seen the direction of the case at the appeal now?😀😀

INEC don chop APC money clean mouth

What direction? It is still bound to end one way. The same way of the tribunal.

I thought INEC said the result are uploaded immediately at a go. And immediately it was uploaded, the results was downloaded. And it was the same result INEC used in declaring Adeleke the winner. Why is INEC now using the word 'Synchronised' days after. How long does it takes for the result to be uploaded?

bantos:
Really?

This statement from INEC sounds more like...APC got the data before we could manipulate it.

Does it take days/weeks to synchronize data? I thought it was supposed to be real time.

Folks don't let INEC insult your sensibilities. Any synchronization not done same day is scam!!!

You know that idiots think that everyone is also an idiot. INEC is an idiotic organization

Labour party should set up its Election situation centre immediately... Inec could be compromised..

Onyiridike:

Tinubu is fighting his last fight to ensure that all SW states are in his pocket.
The Yoruba emperor once boasted " When I sleep, Yoruba land goes to sleep and when I wake, Yoruba land is awake".
A region with intellectuals and prominent people is being controlled by a demented old drug Lord.

Bring out who is controlling your region. Are they not the drug traffickers in prisons all over the world together with the ones that have been beheaded in Saudi and Kuwait for drugs trafficking?

lhordspy:


What direction? It is still bound to end one way. The same way of the tribunal.

The second [tribunal] member – the honourable justice who dissented from his two colleagues – said, ‘I would rather use the primary source of this information, and the primary source of this data is actually the machine itself,'” the INEC official said.

“It is basically a computer. So, rather than go to the server where it transmitted data, I would use the printout from the machine itself.

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😀😀😀😀😀😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😀😀😀😀😉😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

richidinho:


The second [tribunal] member – the honourable justice who dissented from his two colleagues – said, ‘I would rather use the primary source of this information, and the primary source of this data is actually the machine itself,'” the INEC official said.

“It is basically a computer. So, rather than go to the server where it transmitted data, I would use the printout from the machine itself.

Just watch, don't be in a hurry, governorship election petition ends at the Court of Appeal, so don't be in a hurry. We told you immediately the fake result was declared that we will kick Ade de Dancer the certificate forget out, but you never saw it coming. Now, we have done it at the Tribunal, we will finalize it at the Court of Appeal.

lhordspy:


What direction? It is still bound to end one way. The same way of the tribunal.

If tribunal refuse to listen to INEC, appellate court will. BVAS machines themselves and result sheets signed by party agents are physically available. INEC staffs and APC party agents should be allowed to testify.

The former director should be arrested and prosecuted for trying to incite chaos.

I am very sure INEC will disown him because it is obvious he made the statement under alcoholic influence.

Ol

Very lame excuse.

Tinubu will stop all this nonsense from agencies that cannot be professional and thorough.

Onyiridike:

Tinubu is fighting his last fight to ensure that all SW states are in his pocket.
The Yoruba emperor once boasted " When I sleep, Yoruba land goes to sleep and when I wake, Yoruba land is awake".
A region with intellectuals and prominent people is being controlled by a demented old drug Lord.

Lol while yours is been controlled by terrorist Simon Ekpa and Kanu....


With all your chest beating someone with 500megabyte of Data is controlling your region from Finland telling you guys not to go out on Monday...


You be mumu u dey call other people mumu ( Bunch of cowards that call others coward )...

Wait! A former director still represents INEC?

Better days ahead