By Ayodele Oni
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has held that the Result Viewing Portal (IREV) deployed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2023 General Election is not a collation system.
Justice Inyang Okoro, Chairman of the of the Supreme Court panel which heard appeals by Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi over February Presidential Election said this on Thursday in final verdict on the outcome of the presidential election.
Justice Okoro ruled that failure to transmit election results electronically on IREV did not affect the election results.
“The court below held that the IREV is not a collation system, and I agree. The unavailability of the INEC results on the portal cannot be a ground for the election to be nullified.
“It is my well considered opinion that the failure to transmit results to the IREV, did not affect the result of the election. This issue is resolved in favour of the respondents.”
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