NEWS NOW: We were not induced to rig presidential election, INEC officials tell court.
We were not induced to rig presidential election, INEC officials tell court. While Ayuba gave his evidence as the 17th Petitioners’ witness, Haruna testified as the 18th witness. Led in evidence by lead counsel for the petitioners, Chief Chris Uche, SAN, the duo, who were subpoenaed to appear as witnesses, adopted written statements they deposed on oath before the court. The PW-17, Ayuba, told the court that she served as a Presiding Officer in Garki, Abuja, during the presidential election that held on February 25. She told the court that the electoral process went smoothly, until it got to the time that she wanted to upload the result of the election to INEC’s I-Rev portal using the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, device. According to the witness, every effort she made to electronically transmit the results as she was trained to do by the Commission, failed. The INEC ad-hoc staff, who is a former youth corps member, said her inability to upload the result from her poll...