It was gathered that the failure of the viewing portal (IREV) emanates from technical hitches related to scaling up the IReV from a platform for managing off-season, State elections, to one for managing nationwide general elections which is not unusual for glitches to occur and can be corrected in such situations unlike in off-season elections where the portal was used, it has been relatively slow and unsteady.
The Commission regrets the said setback, especially because of the importance of IReV in our results management process as they are fully aware and their technical team is working assiduously to solve all the outstanding problems, and users of the IReV would have noticed improvements since last night.
While the Commission assures Nigerians that the challenges are not due to any intrusion or sabotage of our systems, and that the IReV remains well-secured, safe on both the BVAS and the IReV portal and results cannot be tampered with and any discrepancy between them and the physical results used in collation will be thoroughly investigated and remediated, in line with Section 65 of the Electoral Act 2022.
They went further to appreciate the concerns of the public on this situation and welcome various suggestions that we have received from concerned Nigerians as it is important to avoid statements and actions that can heat up the polity at this time or promote disaffection towards the Commission.