Supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate
Muhammadu Buhari have been accused by the African Independent
Television (AIT) of forging the online presidential poll.Such an
accusation was published by the administration of Daar Communications,
shareholders of the major national TV station.A statement issued by the
AIT read: ”Suspicions that the poll was compromised where (were) first
muted when it emerged the number of unique IP addresses was
significantly less than the number of votes polled. This suggested that
some pollers were able to vote multiple times. ”A forensic test of the
votes polled after the website was shut down further revealed that 30
identified unique IP-addresses had voted a total of 4969 times in favour
of General Mohammed (Muhammadu) Buhari. Furthermore a software
application that incrementally changes the IP-addresses was discovered
to be used in the voting process in favour of General Mohammed Buhari
and the APC political party. ”Daar Communications Plc is presently seeking legal advise amid privacy concerns about releasing the raw CSV files on its www.aitonline.tv
website for interested Nigerians to independently verify the integrity
of the online poll. ”The management of Daar Communications Plc
determined this afternoon to make this information publicly available to
protect its integrity amid accusations of bias promoted in some
websites as well as on social media. The management further stated that
ait remains committed to providing transparent bipartisan coverage of
local and international news within the confines of best practice. The
media and members of the public shall be updated as more information
becomes available.”
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