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Neddstark:
Exactly. Whatever comes from Citizens Monitor will not even be regarded in the court of law.

StPete:
Very lovely innovation. Please they should sort alternate internet, especially use Elon’s Starlink cos Nigerian govt might want to use local telecom companies to frustrate the process

honestivo:
Hope there won't be glitch
We must get our electoral system right

femi4:
App that will have server or other glitches problem

Deja vu

MasterTeeUSA:
Waste of time...not admissible in a court of law. It is not under our law, and it is useless to the judiciary. If INEC can provide papers signed by all parties, they will be admitted into evidence. They expect citizens to be taking pictures with phones...is that even allowed?

[b]Anyway, we shall see how Anambra will turn out.[b]

Disenfranchised:
Laudable!!

But if iREV failed then this one go fail resoundingly.

Ahead of Anambra Election scheduled for Saturday, November 8th 2025, a civic-tech platform that turns citizen evidence into public accountability, Citizen Monitors, has announced the rollout of its new election-monitoring web application.

The application is designed to let citizens document and verify what happens at polling units across the state.

A statement by the platform said: “The web app allows users to capture, upload, and view real-time reports from polling units, creating a public evidence base for transparent elections.

“• Capture & upload evidence: Users can upload clear photos or videos of result sheets and incidents, tagged to their polling units.

“• Automatic context: Each report includes timestamp and GPS location for easy verification.

“• Peer review: Reports are checked by other users before appearing on the public dashboard.

“• Live view: A statewide map and ticker display verified updates as they come in.

“Election day should be clear, not chaotic. The platform helps turn citizens into calm, coordinated witnesses instead of bystanders.

“Trust grows when people can see the evidence. With this app, Anambra can protect its polling units with facts, not noise,” Co-founder of Citizen Monitors Adeshope Haastrup said.


“Our message is simple: see it, record it, verify it. If each unit plays its part, election day becomes clearer and safer for everyone,” spokesperson for Citizen Monitors Olajumoke Alawode-James said.

As Anambra State prepares to vote on Saturday, 8th November 2025, Citizen Monitors has announced the rollout of its new election-monitoring web app, designed to let citizens document and verify what happens at polling units across the state.

The web app allows users to capture, upload, and view real-time reports from polling units, creating a public evidence base for transparent elections.

In a statement issued on Monday in Abuja, the organisation said the platform empowers citizens to capture photos or videos of election results and incidents from their polling units, tagged with time and GPS location, to enhance transparency and build public trust in the electoral process.

The tool, which can be accessed via https://www.citizenmonitors.com, automatically attaches context such as timestamps and geolocation to each upload.
Reports are then peer-reviewed by other users before appearing on a live statewide dashboard that displays verified updates in real time.

“Trust grows when people can see the evidence. With this app, Anambra can protect its polling units with facts, not noise,” said Adeshope Haastrup, co-founder of Citizen Monitors.

Olajumoke Alawode-James, the organisation’s spokesperson, added that the platform is designed to make citizens “calm, coordinated witnesses instead of bystanders.”

“Our message is simple: see it, record it, verify it. If each unit plays its part, election day becomes clearer and safer for everyone,” she said.

Citizen Monitors emphasized that users must prioritize safety and neutrality while using the app. It urged participants to keep a safe distance, avoid capturing personal data, and remember that INEC remains the sole authority to declare election results.

The platform clarified that its role is strictly to provide verified, publicly visible evidence of events at polling units, not to make electoral judgments.

Citizen Monitors describes itself as a civic-tech platform that “turns citizen evidence into public accountability” by crowd-verifying election data through structured uploads, GPS stamps, and peer review — enabling Nigerians to see, verify, and share what truly happened at the polls.

dalitigator:
Come and pay consultancy fee. Then you will get a proper Legal Opinion or go and look for the Act and tell us yaself. And also state then position of judicial interpretation in respect thereof. Mbok.

Newsgeek24:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdSkhqLvjcQ?si=acpFt5_3ZAbKKczW

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu made a personal revelation on Monday during the official launch of tractors and agricultural equipment under the Renewed Hope Agricultural Mechanization Programme, held in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, News360 Nigeria reports.

While addressing guests, the President introduced a long-time acquaintance, Alex, to the audience, saying, “To all of you, Alex was my very good neighbor and went to the same school with me in Chicago. Alex is a successful businessman from Belarus.”

The lighthearted moment drew applause from attendees as President Tinubu emphasized the importance of international business relationships and personal ties in national development.

News360 Nigeria reports that during the build-up to the 2023 presidential elections, questions surrounding Tinubu’s academic history at Chicago State University became a heated topic in Nigeria, with critics and opposition figures frequently demanding proof of his academic records or colleagues.

This appearance by Alex marks the first public instance of a schoolmate from Chicago being introduced by the President, a moment that will likely stir reactions among Nigerians who followed the controversy closely.

https://news360ng.com/tinubu-reconnects-shows-off-schoolmate-at-chicago-video/

shortgun:
How is he an attachee?
Ned Nwoko is an Igbo man from Delta State. He has never for once denied his Igbo heritage.

fergie001:
Most probably Yes.
So by now I expect political parties to be readying their PU agents for now.

Abbeytoy:
Its an harmless self-initiative.
Does it bridge any law? This kind of a thing doesn't need to go to senate before implementing na or what harms does it causes anyone?

Abbeytoy:
Is it illegal? No

seunmsg:
Go and check why results were cancelled and reruns ordered in various polling units all over the country after the first round of election.

IREV is Not useless

Folks like you who want to forcefully turn the platform to a collation platform or a depository to scoop evidence to challenge election results are the ones having problem with the portal. That is not what it was designed for.

.......and you don’t need to come here every week to open endless threads about IREV.

Once you cross the ward level, what gets collated at the local level is result as entered in form EC8B. So, why do you need BVAS again at the local, state and national levels of collation when all your agents have signed and confirmed the authenticity of the result as collated at the wards and other levels? You want BVAS machines of each polling units and forms EC8A brought to national collation center in Abuja to do what exactly?

fergie001:
There is what we call a National Electronic Register of Results which is obtainable at the INEC Headquarters. This Register contains all election results from 1999 excluding I think 2003 or 2007, one of them. They are all been stored there so if it's needed I think INEC can provide that, on request for research purposes, etc.

For the IReV, just take it that it isn't useful. what is useful to the Courts in today's Nigeria is the BVAS for accreditation BECAUSE it is embedded in the Electoral Act itself. What IReV does is to boost public confidence but that is relative.

To be fair to INEC, in 2022, they proposed electronic transmission of results to be in the Electoral Act but the lawmakers, esp the APC opposed and voted against it. Infact, the NCC said only 50% coverage can be covered by our network and not advisable.

So, the most important people in our elections today, is the Police and the PU agents but we all know how the Police works, so PU agents have a very BIG role to play. A copy of Form EC8A is given to the Police, another to each of the PU agents and also uploaded to IReV. Knowing how the system works, the Candidate's PU agent is very important..... That's how Natasha won. Her agents were able to produce duplicate copies of Form EC8A-E, so the manipulation was clearly visible.

seunmsg:
You can cross check form EC8As at the ward collation level. In fact, BVAS machines and IREV were used in a lot of the ward collation level and that is where a lot of results were invalidated for over voting and rerun ordered.

...It is practically impossible to use IREV or even BVAS machines to realistically cross check EC8A results anymore...
...

....Same applies to the state level collation....

IREV is a viewing portal and not a collation platform.

There are different forms for different level of collation. Cross checking can be done at different levels using actual rules, copies given to agents, copies given to police, BVAS machines (at the ward level only) and IREV (where uploads are available). These are the options available under the law for cross checking at different levels of collation and not just IREV.

AK481:
Why did you use "national register " and not national electronic register " , that's a deliberate ommission to drive your point ?

fergie001:
Thank you for this subject matter.

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To cap it all, the SC in Oyetola v Adeleke on IReV;
Non-transmission of results to IReV portal does not and can not stop the collation of results or invalidate the Electoral process.

PigTormentor:
Forget about judges, show the world hundreds of result papers that are different from what INEC declared. If you can do that, even thr judges will be concerned. You have to show enough that could have changed the eventual results.
The problem is that Obi didn't even show any because he couldn't find any.
I can guarantee you that Obi and his mob would have pasted all over social media for the world to see if they have just 10 10 result sheets that differs from what INEC eventually reported. Their antecedents tells me that would have been the case.

Abbeytoy:
Real or fake how?

Abbeytoy:
IREV is just like placing a Big TV screen at some strategic places for people to see how things are going, Eg viewing centers across Lagos garages.

I believe it's an inec initiative

PigTormentor:
So with 3 months, LP couldn't have their polling agents to submit the result sheets that differ from what INEC reported?
In fact, you don't need thousands of results.
Obi could have shown just about 100 such false results, that have given his case a boost on social media in the courts.
At the very least, show us at least 100 of such false results instead of claiming that you.won but can't show any prove.
It will only take weeks for all LP agents to submit result papers where the INEC results differs from what was signed for.
Pls that's a lame excuse.

DMerciful:
You don't know how election petition is done. If you bring 1000 polling units out of 177,000 polling units nationwide, the judges will tell you its insignificant. However, to proven just this 1000 polling units, you need 1000 polling unit agents as witness and you're given 2 weeks, something that cannot be done in 3 months. You don't know the process else you'll appreciate how difficult it is to prove entire Nigeria under 1 month

It is this difficulty that why electronic transmission and collation should be mandatory

Racoon:
All these electoral issues are non-issue simply the power that be are not ready to implement electoral reforms that will revolutionalize electioneering and consequently democratic processes.

FavouriteOfGod:
The irev portal is supposed to make a whole lot of the electiontionering process easier and better.

bigpicture001:
Why is there a need for a viewership site..?

creativejagaban:
...

Inec coming up with irev is to help their own internal process. If they make it public to you, that does not mean it is acceptable as the source of truth for the elections ..

PigTormentor:
Exactly, all parties had agents at polling units where they had to sign the result sheets.
That's more important than IREV.
Show us result sheets that differ from what INEC reported.
That's what's important. Any computer system can be hacked or even malfunction.
Even in the US, whenever therr is an election dispute, they always go back to the real papers for recount.

ejimatic:
The Constitution is silent on IREV

The emphasis is on the original results as contained in EC8.

All other results in IREV are not reliable according to the SC judgments for they can be tampered with.