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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has addressed a study alleging that Kuroko Health Centre polling portion successful Yangoji Ward, Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), recorded 1,219 votes for a governmental party, contempt having lone 345 registered voters and 213 accredited voters during the Saturday Area Council election.
The committee stated that the assertion of manipulation oregon falsification is untrue and misleading.
Providing clarification connected the alleged figure, INEC explained that the discrepancies successful the reported results were owed to an mistake by the Presiding Officer portion entering the party’s score.
A connection signed by Aminu K. Idris, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), FCT, confirmed that the substance was investigated.
INEC said the Presiding Officer affirmed that, aft sorting and counting the ballots, 122 votes were initially recorded for the APC.
“On tallying everything, she noticed an overshoot by 1 (1). So, they had to recount the ballots successful the open, and that was erstwhile she realized that APC should person 121 votes, not 122,” the connection added.
“So, she cancelled the ‘2’ astatine the extremity and replaced it with a ‘1’ to marque i...
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