INEC denies purported withdrawal of passwords to LGA supervisors

By David Lawani, Abuja

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has denied allegations of withdrawal of passwords from the LGA APO1s in Imo State saying there is no truth in the claim.

Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman in a statement noted that it is not even the APO1s that is responsible for the passwords but rather the Presiding officers, POs.

He assured that the passwords have been release to them with sufficient protection away from preying eyes who might want to cause disaffection against the people.

He said: ” The attention of the Independent National Electoral Commission has been drawn to a story attributed to unknown “concerned workers” of the Commission that passwords for result upload have been withdrawn from LGA Supervisors for use by APO1s in Imo State. This is untrue.

” For the avoidance of doubt, Presiding Officers (POs), and not APO1s, are responsible for result upload to the IReV.

” All the passwords have been securely released for use by designated officials in line with the Commission’s procedure.

” The public should expect more of such insinuations before, during and after the elections, and continue to discountance them”, he explained.