Anugbum Onuoha, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Edo State, has assured that the results of the ongoing gubernatorial election will be transmitted electronically, barring any network issues.
Speaking in an interview with Arise Television on Saturday, Onuoha explained that only poor network coverage could delay the transmission of results to the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV).
“You know that we have 4,519 polling units across the 18 local governments, and so far we have deployed 4,622 BVAS to the various local governments. And we also have a backup of 660 BVAS,” Onuoha stated, referring to the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) used to verify voter identities and ensure accurate polling figures.
“We have trained the operators for the BVAS. They are set. BVAS is to accredit the voters, to know the total number of voters that will vote at that level, that polling unit. After that, then the voters will now start voting. At the end of the day, they will count the results, and it will be uploaded to our IReV,” he added.
Onuoha reiterated his commitment to a transparent election: “Rest assured that we’ll conduct an election that we can call our own.”
When asked if all the results would be transmitted electronically, Onuoha confirmed, “Yes, unless there is no network in that place. We will transmit it.”
