The Independent National Electoral Commission has stated that its
database cannot be hacked into by anybody.The commission however stated
that if that happened, there must be an insider collaboration.The
chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, said this on Wednesday during a
programme, ‘Straight Talk with Kadara’, monitored on Channels Television
in Abuja.He added that he was prepared to return to the classroom as a
university teacher in June after the general elections.Jega was reacting
to the allegation by the Department of State Service that the
opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, had planned to hack
into the database of the commission.“As far as I am concerned, our
database cannot be hacked; if that happens, then someone on the inside
must have compromised because we have in place checks and balances that
if such happens, we will know who did it”, he
said.Jega also challenged APC leaders to substantiate their allegation
that some people were trying to clone card readers for the election, a
development he said, was impossible.The INEC chairman said, “They are
obligated to investigate any information they receive on perpetration of
a crime or attempts to perpetrate a crime. So if they have information
that some people are trying to clone cards, they are obligated to
investigate it.“Investigating whether a crime has occurred or has not
occurred is a different matter between whether the result of that crime
will affect the integrity of the process.“I am confident that it is
virtually impossible for anybody to clone our cards; they can attempt
but there is no way that, using the card reader, somebody will come and
clone cards and vote on election day in February.”
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