The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the results of the governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states will be uploaded on its Result Viewing Portal (IReV).

The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this known while speaking with newsmen at Ganaja Village in the Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi State on Saturday, October 14, 2023.

Yakubu was in Kogi State to monitor the mock accreditation exercise ahead of the November 11 governorship elections.

He said INEC would follow the laws for accreditation and results collation during the elections.

The INEC chairman stated: “The method is as provided by law, electronic accreditation, electronic upload of results on the IREV portal and that is why we are doing this mock.

“So, please disregard whatever was reported about what the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) was said to have said in Bayelsa.

“That’s going to be the procedure and it’s for that reason that I will advise you also for those who are registered on the IREV portal.

“That in the next two hours or so, go to the IREV portal and you will see the result of the mock accreditation from the three states.

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“We are uploading, as we have done in previous elections.”

On the issue of security concerns ahead of the elections in the three states, Yakubu said INEC was already working with security agencies.

He added: “Next week Friday there is going to be a high-level meeting in Abuja co-chair by myself and the National Security Adviser in which all the security chiefs will be present, no representation to discuss the issue of security.

“For the three states elections, we are on top of the situation in terms of security arrangement and security deployment.”

On how INEC intends to control the crowd at PU 009 in Ganaja, Yakubu said INEC was taking proactive measures to give voters a pleasant voting experience on Election Day.

The INEC boss stated that the Election Day Voter register would be broken down alphabetically by the voter surnames to fast track voting process.

Yakubu said: “After the election, the Commission will redistribute the voters to other approximate locations.

“But for now, we’ll have to conduct the elections with the number of registered voters in this polling unit.

“For that reason, we are deploying a minimum of eight BVAS machines on Election Day, Saturday, November 11, for easy accreditation of voters.”

Also speaking, the INEC REC for Kogi State, Dr Gabriel Longpet, said all none sensitive materials for the election had been received and sent to the LGAs.

Longpet said: “We have received 60 per cent of our budget and have also started disbursing to LGAs to start those activities that need to be undertaken.

“We would like to request the Central Bank to be directed to give us our cash directly to avoid delays and problems with transportation and RAC activation.”

The Star