mytime24:
Jaga jaga corntree

Jokay07:

Finally, I can finally sleep with smile on my face.
Are you related to Ali Baba the comedian
Lolzz.

jaxxy:


are u sure u can sleep with 2 eyes close?

The constitution states INEC will announce the procedure to be deployed for the election inline with BVAS.


Did INEC announce a procedure to the Nigerian people as stipulated by the constitution ore election?
So what procedure did INEC announce b4 the elections?

better sleep and wake up and see ur stolen mandate has gone to the rightful owner.

jaxxy:


are u sure u can sleep with 2 eyes close?

The constitution states INEC will announce the procedure to be deployed for the election inline with BVAS.


Did INEC announce a procedure to the Nigerian people as stipulated by the constitution ore election?.
So what procedure did INEC announce b4 the elections?

better sleep and wake up and see ur stolen mandate has gone to the rightful owner.

SenatePresdo:
Fake News!

Court didn't rule anything in January, APC will want to play fast one with the Judiciary and end up shooting themselves in the leg.

Nothing is hidden under the sun.

YorubaRonuuu:
Gbam.... This news won't be nice in the ears of the ipob and the obi followers because they will start crying that the judge has been bribed.

Yoruba Lokan

Tinubu's 8 years is certain!

YorubaRonuuu:
Gbam.... This news won't be nice in the ears of the ipob and the obi followers because they will start crying that the judge has been bribed.

Yoruba Lokan

Tinubu's 8 years is certain!

benheaven:

You are doing yourself harm

Section 60(5) of the Electoral Act 2022 provides that “The presiding officer shall transfer the results including total number of an accredited voters and the results of the ballot in a manner prescribed by the Commission”. The use of “shall” here, it’s respectfully submitted, implies that the presiding officer must transmit the results as prescribed by the INEC Guidelines. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on 3 June 2022 released the Regulations and Guidelines for the Conduct of Elections, 2022. The Regulations and Guidelines were issued pursuant to Section 149 of the Electoral Act, 2022 and the Regulations and Guidelines supersede all previous regulations and/or guidelines on the conduct of elections, issued by the INEC.

The new Regulations and Guidelines cover elections and arrangements for their conduct, accreditation and voting procedure at elections, and collation of election results and making returns. They apply to the conduct of elections to offices of: “President and Vice President; Governor and Deputy Governor; National Assembly (Senate and House of Representatives); State Houses of Assembly; Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Councils; and Councillors of FCT Area Councils Legislature.

Paragraph 38 of the Regulations and Guidelines, 2023 makes Electronic Transmission of Results and Upload of Results to IReV mandatory. The paragraph requires that when voting and announcement of results have been completed at a polling unit, the Presiding Officer “(1) must Electronically transmit the result of the polling unit to INEC’s collation system; (2) Must use the BVAs to upload a scanned copy of the EC8A result sheet to the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV); and (3) [must thereafter] Take the BVAS and the original copies of all forms in a tamper evident envelope to the RA/Ward Collation officer in the company of security agents. Polling Agents may accompany the PO to the RA/Ward Collation Centre”. [See:Simplified Electoral Act 2022, and INEC Guidelines. FEBRUARY 22, 2023 <https://placng.org/Legist/plac-publication-simplified-electoral-act-2022-and-inec-guidelines/>]. Thus, the Regulations and Guidelines require that the presiding officer must electronically transmit the results DIRECT from the polling units, after which the results would then be taken manually to the collation centres.

This means that the Regulations and Guidelines prescribe TWO levels of collation1). Electronic Transmission (collation) which must be done direct from the polling units; and (2). Manual collation which would then follow after electronic Transmission. Note that the manual collation is the lower level of collation. See section 64(5) of the Electoral Act 2022

Now, what’s the legal effect of failure to comply with these provisions on direct electronic transmission from the polling units, one may ask? Before answering this question, let’s look also at Section 64(5) of the Electoral Act, 2022 which requires that “the collation officer or returning officer shall use the accredited voters recorded and transmitted directly from the polling units under section 47(2) of this Act and the votes or results recorded and transmitted directly from polling units under section 60(4) of this Act, to collate and annouce the results if a collated result at his or a lower level of collation is not correct”.

https://guardian.ng/opinion/direct-e-transmission-of-election-results-is-mandatory/

Mylove55:
the judge said is inec decision to use any method,
And inec use the both method,
Those area with network can send electronically, and those without network can send manually

IGBOSON1:
Assuming this to be correct, so it then means Nigerians were hoodwinked into believing results would be transmitted electronically immediately after counting, thereby not giving room for cooking of figures that was the hallmark of elections in the past!?

Every day, new appalling stories emerge from Nigeria that justify my calling the place a zoo, jungle and a shithole to boot! A people get the kind of gov’t they deserve and work for! The same conscienceless scum that foisted Buhari on us for 8 good years are now trying to foist an even worse character on Nigeria, out of pure greed, bigotry, lust for power and hate!

Eben24:
Of which the commission chose their preferred method of transmitting the results and announced it publicly but later didn't adhere to it.. Na fraud be that...

Jokay07:
bluntcrazeman, your attention is needed here

mokafor:

https://www.thecable.ng/rewind-in-january-court-ruled-that-inec-can-use-any-method-for-results-transmission/amp

tinsel:

Go to school

mokafor:

https://www.thecable.ng/rewind-in-january-court-ruled-that-inec-can-use-any-method-for-results-transmission/amp

emerged01:

I think two purposes of BVAS are to accredit voters and upload votes to IREV.
Accreditation was done but uploading/transmission of votes depends on INEC's discretion for security purpose.

bentenny:

Section 60(5) of the Electoral Act 2022 provides that “The presiding officer shall transfer the results including total number of an accredited voters and the results of the ballot in a manner prescribed by the Commission”. The use of “shall” here, it’s respectfully submitted, implies that the presiding officer must transmit the results as prescribed by the INEC Guidelines. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on 3 June 2022 released the Regulations and Guidelines for the Conduct of Elections, 2022. The Regulations and Guidelines were issued pursuant to Section 149 of the Electoral Act, 2022 and the Regulations and Guidelines supersede all previous regulations and/or guidelines on the conduct of elections, issued by the INEC.

The new Regulations and Guidelines cover elections and arrangements for their conduct, accreditation and voting procedure at elections, and collation of election results and making returns. They apply to the conduct of elections to offices of: “President and Vice President; Governor and Deputy Governor; National Assembly (Senate and House of Representatives); State Houses of Assembly; Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Councils; and Councillors of FCT Area Councils Legislature.

Paragraph 38 of the Regulations and Guidelines, 2023 makes Electronic Transmission of Results and Upload of Results to IReV mandatory. The paragraph requires that when voting and announcement of results have been completed at a polling unit, the Presiding Officer “(1) must Electronically transmit the result of the polling unit to INEC’s collation system; (2) Must use the BVAs to upload a scanned copy of the EC8A result sheet to the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV); and (3) [must thereafter] Take the BVAS and the original copies of all forms in a tamper evident envelope to the RA/Ward Collation officer in the company of security agents. Polling Agents may accompany the PO to the RA/Ward Collation Centre”. [See:Simplified Electoral Act 2022, and INEC Guidelines. FEBRUARY 22, 2023 <https://placng.org/Legist/plac-publication-simplified-electoral-act-2022-and-inec-guidelines/>]. Thus, the Regulations and Guidelines require that the presiding officer must electronically transmit the results DIRECT from the polling units, after which the results would then be taken manually to the collation centres.

emerged01:

I think two purposes of BVAS are to accredit voters and upload votes to IREV.
Accreditation was done but uploading/transmission of votes depends on INEC's discretion for security purpose.

Mylove55:
nonsense,
Did you attend the training to know what inec instructed presiding officers to do?
This is always the problem of idiotic pigs

bentenny:

INEC made that discretion through their 'guideline and regulations' where it stated explicitly that the mode of transmission of results was through electronic means from the polling unit!

Karnice600:


So how does this solve the issue of transparency? Does this meet the need of all parties involved in the electoral process, as agreed from the onset, for the purpose of credibility?

emerged01:

"Discretion". Find out what it means.

bentenny:

Discretion implies choice!
This is why inec came up with a guideline and regulations for the 2023 elections last year where they specified their mode of transmission which is through electronic means directly from the polling unit!
Any last minute alteration from their guideline and regulations will be seen as an act of disobedience against their own laws and there are grave consequences!