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INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION INEC-FCT PRESS RELEASE RE: FALSE CLAIM OF RESULT MANIPULATION IN KUROKO HEALTH CENTRE POLLING UNIT IN YANGOJI WARD, KWALI AREA COUNCIL IN THE FCT AREA COUNCIL ELECTION The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) wishes to address a recent statement circulating on the internet, alleging that Kuroko Health Centre polling unit in Yangoji Ward, Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) recorded 1,219 votes for a political party, despite having only 345 registered voters and 213 accredited voters during the Saturday Area Council election in the FCT. The Commission categorically states that the claim of manipulation or falsification is untrue and misleading. 1. Clarification of the Alleged Figure We affirm that the discrepancies in the reported results were due to an error by the Presiding Officer while entering the score of the party. The matter was investigated, and when the Presiding Officer was contacted, below was the report of the officer who interrogated her: “I have spoken to the Presiding Officer. She recounted her experience. She said after sorting and counting the ballots, she recorded 122 for APC. On tallying everything, she noticed that there was an overshoot by one (1). So they had to recount the ballots in the open, that was when she realised that APC should be 121 not 122. So she cancelled the '2' at the end and slotted in a '1' in front of the cancelled '2' to make it 121. She also corrected the figures in words. The official result recorded and uploaded from the said polling unit shows that the political party in question scored 121 votes, not 1,219 as alleged on social media. This is obvious from the clearer version of the result on the INEC IREV for anyone to see (see attached). The above can be confirmed from the party agents who were present and duly signed the result.It was the correct and accurate result that was subsequently duly entered into the collation form EC8B at the Ward Collation (see attached). Thus, the figure used for collation at the Ward and Area Council levels was 121 and not 1,219 as alleged, consistent with the number entered at the polling unit. 2. Safeguards Within the Current IReV and BVAS System The current result management architecture deployed by the Commission makes the alleged manipulation technically impossible in the manner described. Specifically: The Presiding Officer is required to:Capture and upload an image of the completed Form EC8A to the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV); and enter the scores of each political party directly into the BVAS device. The BVAS system performs internal validation checks to ensure:The total votes entered do not exceed the number of accredited voters. The figures entered are mathematically consistent. Over-voting is automatically flagged and cannot be finalised.In this particular case:The number of accredited voters was 213. The score entered into the BVAS for the party concerned was 121. The total votes recorded were consistent with accreditation figures. The same figure (121) was used during collation. 3. On the Allegation of “Mathematical Impossibility ”If, as alleged, a figure of 1,219 votes had been entered:The BVAS device would have rejected the entry instantly. The total votes cast would necessarily have reflected such an inflated figure. The discrepancy would have been flagged at the multiple collation stages. None of these occurred because the official recorded score was 121, not 1,219. 4. Public Assurance INEC reiterates that:The IReV portal is a transparency tool that mirrors results uploaded directly from polling units.

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