Osun Election: INEC Admits Overvoting In Polling Units (DETAILS)

Osun Election: INEC Admits Overvoting In Polling Units (DETAILS)

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, admitted yesterday to “seemingly” overvoting in some polling units during the Osun state governorship election on July 16.

Former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress, APC, are challenging INEC’s declaration of Governor Ademola Adeleke before the state’s election petition tribunal, which is led by Justice Tertse Kume.

Under cross-examination from the petitioner’s counsel, Akin Okujinmi, SAN, a Deputy Director in charge of Information and Communication Technology, Abimbola Oladunjoye, said there was overvoting in the polling units she was confronted with at the resumed hearing on Wednesday.

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“In paragraph 21.35 of my witness statement at page 413: the total votes cast is 388 accredited votes 388, but exhibit RBVR1, BVAS report tendered by the commission at page 25, ward 4 unit 7 Ede-South, accreditation record is 313 against 388,” Olujinmi said, referring the witness to her statement under oath and the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, report tendered in the exhibit by INEC. Based on RBVR 1-129 and my witness statement, there appears to be an overvote of 75.

“Paragraph 21.36, the accreditation figure in my witness statement is 830, exhibit RBVR1 accreditation figure there is 793, based on the exhibit and my witness statement, there is seemingly over the voting of 37.

“Paragraph 26.7 of witness statement page 549, the accreditation figure in it is 402, exhibit RBVR, accreditation figure there is 263, there is seemingly over voting of 139. Paragraph 23.24 of witness statement page 476, the accreditation figure there is 448 in exhibit RBVR1, the accreditation figure is 224, there is seemingly over the voting of 224.”

However, while being re-examined by counsel to INEC, Paul Ananaba, SAN, over what she meant by seemingly, she said: “I used the word seemingly because any comparison that should take place should be between EC8A and the physical BVAS machine. According to the INEC guidelines voter accreditation figure and total number accredited voters is taken from the physical BVAS machine and written on form EC8A.”

The 976 BVAS machines were admitted and marked as exhibit by the Justice Kume-led panel.

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