Supporters of the Labour Party’s governorship candidate in Lagos State accuse the All Progressives Congress (APC) of manipulating the governorship and house of assembly election results in favour of their candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who is also the incumbent governor of the state.
It is alleged that a Tipp-Ex manipulated result sheet from Epe in Lagos state was uploaded to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Result Viewing Portal (IReV).
The result sheet, which was shared on social media, has been widely distributed and at the time of this report, has been viewed a combined 232,000 times.
Verification
The CDD Election War Room used the IReV portal to track the alleged result. We checked the uploaded results for Lagos state, Epe local government area, and Ago Owu registration area and discovered the manipulated Tipp-Ex result under the “Ota Pry School” polling unit.
The governorship and house of assembly elections were held on March 18, 2023, and the results are still being collated. A winner is yet to be officially announced.
Verdict
The claim that INEC presiding officer uploaded what appears to be a manipulated result sheet on IReV is true.
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