An image circulating on social media claims to show the results of the 2024 Ondo governorship election, allegedly sourced from the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Results Viewing Portal (IReV). The post asserts that these are the election results as of 10:10 pm on Saturday, November 16, 2024. Verification The CDD War Room investigated the...
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FACT CHECK: Has APC won Edo State governorship election?
On September 21, 2024, an X user (formerly Twitter) tweeted that the All Progressives Congress (APC) had won the Edo State election. In less than 24 hours, the tweet had garnered over 118k views Claim: Has APC won Edo State governorship election? Verification: On September 21, 2024, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) held the...
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FACT CHECK: Did INEC officials upload manipulated result sheet on IREV?
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...
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FACT CHECK: Did Galaxy Backbone say IReV was attacked during presidential election?
An online newspaper with nearly 400,000 followers on Twitter reported that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Results Viewing portal, also known as IReV portal came under 1.2 million attacks. According to the newspaper, Galaxy Backbone, which runs the website, said “1.2 million cyberattacks launched during the presidential election, next day”. The post has since...
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FACT CHECK: Did presiding officers upload selfies instead of results sheet on IReV portal?
As the collation of results of the 2023 presidential election is ongoing, there have been different claims and assertions going around against the competence and effectiveness of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and its staff. A lot of people are claiming that the INEC did not train their staff efficiently towards the general election....
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FACT CHECK: Video does not show unauthorised persons uploading fake results to IReV portal
Rinu Oduala, a social media influencer, has uploaded a series of videos claiming unauthorised persons were uploading fake election results to the result viewing portal. According to the tweet, which has now been seen more than one million times, Oduala said “unauthorized people are currently logged into INEC server, uploading results different from what was...
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FACT SHIELD: All you need to know about BVAS, INEC’s new system for tackling electoral fraud
There’s been quite some controversy around the Bi-Modal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) being employed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the presidential and subnational elections in February 2023. Some political parties have called on INEC to disregard the accreditation system, while others are in support of the bi-modal biometric method. Here is a breakdown...