INEC uploads 90% of results on IREV

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has so far uploaded 90.33 percent of the results from the Edo governorship election to its Result Viewing Portal, reports indicate.

According to a report by the Punch, the results of 4,082 of the 4,519 polling units in the state where elections held have been successfully uploaded to the portal.

Anugbum Onuoha, the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Edo, reassured the public earlier today that, barring any network outages, the electronic transmission of results would go off without a hitch.

“We have trained the operators for the BVAS. They are set. BVAS is to accredit the voters and to know the total number of voters that will vote at that level and that polling unit.

“After that, the voters will start voting. At the end of the day, they will count the results, and it will be uploaded to our IReV,” he said.

So far, reports indicate that the election has been relatively peaceful with minor hitches.

The prominent candidates in the race are Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress, Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party, and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party.