The Supreme Court of Nigeria has held that the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IREV) deployed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2023 General Election is not a collation system.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Justice Inyang Okoro of the Supreme Court said this on Thursday in final verdict on the outcome of the 2023 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.
“The IREV portal is not a collation system. Where the IREV portal fails, it does not stop the collation of results. This issue is resolved in favour of the respondents,” Justice Okoro said.
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