Davido questions delay in uploading Osun election results

Nigerian music star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has questioned the delay in uploading results from the ongoing Osun governorship election to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Result Viewing Portal (IReV).

In a series of posts on X, Davido called on INEC to ensure transparency and provide timely updates on the results.

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“INEC, it is now 2:33 p.m., yet no result has been uploaded to the IReV portal. What is the delay? Nigerians deserve transparency and timely updates,” he wrote.

He also urged voters to remain at their polling units until their results were uploaded to IReV and ensure that the figures were correctly entered on the electronic EC8A result form.

“Make sure your polling unit results are uploaded on IReV in your presence and make sure the figures are entered on eEC8A. We will follow our votes bumper to bumper!” he said.

Davido further asked voters to take pictures of their polling unit result sheets and send them to a WhatsApp number.

“Don’t leave your polling unit until it is being uploaded on the IReV, protect your vote now,” he added.

Earlier, he urged election officials to use the front camera on the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) if the other camera was not working.

“If your BVAS camera is not working, please tell the officials to use front camera. It is very active and fast!” he said.

His comments came amid reports of technical problems with BVAS during the election.

BVAS is used by INEC to accredit voters through fingerprint and facial recognition, among other election functions.

Davido has also called on Nigerian and international bodies to closely monitor the conduct of the Osun governorship election.