The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun uploading polling unit results from the Osun governorship election to its Result Viewing Portal (IReV).
As of 6pm on Saturday, checks by TheCable showed that 2183 results had been submitted to the portal out of the 3,763 expected polling unit results across the state.
The uploads followed the conclusion of voting and counting at several polling units as collation of results got underway across Osun’s 30 LGAs.
IReV is INEC’s online platform for publishing scanned copies of polling unit result sheets, allowing voters, political parties, candidates, observers and other stakeholders to independently view results as they are uploaded.
The commission had scheduled the close of voting for 2:30pm, although voters who were already on the queue by the deadline were allowed to complete accreditation and cast their ballots.
Before the electronic uploads commenced, photographs of result sheets from various polling units had begun circulating among political parties, observers and voters.
The pace of the uploads had earlier drawn the attention of David Adeleke, the afrobeats singer popularly known as Davido, who called on INEC to make the results available on IReV without delay.
In a series tweets on X, Davido said timely publication of the results was necessary to promote transparency in the electoral process.
“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 said.
Davido also urged voters to remain at their polling units until their results were uploaded, while asking them to verify that the figures on the result sheets were accurately entered on the electronic EC8A forms.
“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 wrote.
Davido further encouraged voters to take photographs of their polling unit result sheets and submit them through a WhatsApp channel, urging them to safeguard their votes throughout the collation process.
“Don’t leave your polling unit until it is being uploaded on the IReV; protect your vote now,” he added.