This Year (2019) Elections Smart Card Reader As A Proof Of Evidence!

I believe strongly as a Nigerian, I am a stakeholder in this Country! Therefore, I deserve to exercise my civic duties in consonant with the law of the land without any infringement whatsoever from anyone be it institution or individual. I must confess, if we are to score this government in the just concluded election, it will be right and just to say this is the "Worst Government To Conduct The Worst Elections In The Political History Of This Nation" going by the floppy arrangements of voting materials to designated places as recorded in some places across the nation, shoddy logistic supports, and the attendant complaints recorded by the electorates against INEC despite having a war chest of almost N200 billion to deliver a free and fair election to the Nation. The truth is, by the free gift of hindsight judging from what transpired across the Nation in the 2015 Presidential and Gubernatorial elections, shouldn't INEC have perfected the flawed areas in last election and give Nigerians worthy and credible elections we all can always make reference to as the best ever? Alas, it is on record now that this year *Election of 2019 is worst than 2015 election* and holds the record as the *Worst Ever* judging from political analysts and electoral scholars. It will surprise Nigerians that the *Best Election Ever In The History Of This Nation Remains The June 12 Presidential Election Of 1993*, guess what, it was not conducted under a democratic government but under the military junta we all abhor like an Anathema, the General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida military rule!

Before I proceed with my postulation, let me submit the following facts about the Smart Card Reader used for this year (2019) elections for your perusal and guide for optimum education; 

*Once configured, the Smart Card Reader can read your fingerprints and Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).  Therefore, any person that shows up at the polling unit without a PVC or with a card not issued by INEC will not be able to vote. It can also collate results under its "E-collation" interphase and stored the captured figures in INEC's back end server!*

*The Smart Card Reader reads the embedded chip on the PVC, not the barcode, and it shares a secret code with the PVC; thus it is impossible to falsify the cards. (In the case of cloned PVCs being captured by Smart Card Reader as being reported in some quarters, definitely these are not Smart Card Readers deployed by INEC)*

*The Smart Card Reader authenticates the identity of the voter by cross-matching his/her fingerprints with that stored on the embedded chip and in a situation where your fingerprints are not captured a Voter's Register form (replacing the incidence form) must be filled which already have your photograph, name and Voter's number and you only need to thumbprint on a space provided and write out your phone number for authentication. No person can vote using another person’s PVC.*

*The Smart Card Reader keeps a tally of all cards read, comprising the details of all voters verified as well as those not verified, including results collated at the polling units and transmits the collected information to a central INEC server via GSM data service.*

*The Smart Card Reader ensures that information transmitted to the server will enable INEC to audit results from polling units, as well as do a range of statistical analysis of the demographics of voting.*

*Collation officers will also be able to use information transmitted by the Smart Card Reader to audit polling unit result sheets and determine whether accreditation figures have been altered.*

Like I indicated above, this year Smart Card Readers (the hand held device that looked like a POS machine) have an interphase on them that indicates "E-collation" once you are in this phase you send the total accredited number of voters and also the transmissions of results to INEC's server directly. The National Commissioner of INEC, Okoye said,  "The commission has taken onboard the challenges and glitches faced in the use and deployment of smart card readers in 2015 and has made significant improvements and upgrade to the said smart card readers. The upgraded smart card reader is faster, more robust and has new features that enable it to store additional data and transmit results," he said. (You can read about it here;  https://www.legit.ng/1208776-smart-card-reader-conduct-2019-elections-inec-assurance.html) One thing worthy of note is that, in this concluded elections,  the Smart Card Reader will ensure effective accuracy of data entered into it and should the manual collated written results are tampered with, this can easily be corrected through the information obtained from the Smart Card Reader. So, in this case, Atiku is relying on this electronic transmission of results from polling units and collation centres across the nation as his strong points against the outcome of the Presidential Results. 

It must be noted that the importance of the Smart Card Reader was established firmly as an integral part of this year's election by INEC and this same INEC even threatened to cancel elections conducted in any polling units that fails to use the smart card reader. Judging from reports from INEC's field officers in the Presidential elections, it was confirmed that in Niger State, about 10 local governments out of the 25 local governments in the State did not make use of the smart card reader at all because presiding officers were forced to resort to manual voting on the excuse that the smart card reader failed to function which are not tenable. The truth is, there is no link whatsoever between the networks of telecommunications service providers and smart card readers. Smart Card Readers operate independently via GSM data service. Nevertheless, INEC had already established it that the non use of the smart card readers contravenes the Electoral Act, insisting that the smart card readers were integral part of the electoral process and therefore mandatory for it to be used during the election.  (you may visit these sites to clear your doubts on how the Smart Card Reader will be used to capture PVCs, finger prints and send results to the INEC server;    https://www.sunnewsonline.com/inec-threatens-to-cancel-election-results-without-card-readers/ ,  https://www.akelicious.net/2019/03/inec-threatens-to-cancel-election.html )

If I am to talk about the rejection of the outcome of the Presidential Election by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Aspirant, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, GCON and looking at the shoddy preparations put up by INEC in this year (2019) elections, especially the Presidential Election, it can be summarised from the look of things that the "Smart Card Reader" will play significant roles in deciding who actually won in the election and that means areas where manual voting were conducted as against the Electoral Act, may be cancelled, leaving us with what had been stored in the back end server of INEC. Atiku had presented his *plethora of evidences* before the world so it is no longer a thing of the Court of Law alone but now before the Court of Public Opinion which involves the Social Media involvement. As a man of conscience that I am and swore to be till I breathe my last, I can declare it boldly that judging by the impacts of the social media in this age, and its strong influences in shaping our characters either as institutions or individuals, *no court of law will jettison the Smart Card Reader captured results data on this election for hand written collation of results which can easily be altered!*

*As the case between Atiku VS Buhari/INEC/APC is already set in motion, the whole world  now become the spectators in the amphitheatre's match of the gladiators. Let justice prevail Dear God!*

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You are wise!

Ok.

You people should stop peddling lies, INEC Smart card reader can only transmit total numbers of accredited voters. Those of you giving Atiku hope through his purported INEC server should ask this question.
Can card reader determine who voted which party?
If truly it was used for e-collation, are all the parties total votes scored entered into it?
Lastly, the electoral bill declined by Buhari allowed for e-transmission of results from polling unit to INEC server, but since the bill was declined. Elections were conducted manually, results inputed electronically at the collation centres. Therefore, Atiku server claim is dead on arrival.

Adeinfo:
You people should stop peddling lies, INEC Smart card reader can only transmit total numbers of accredited voters. Those of you giving Atiku hope through his purported INEC server should ask this question.
Can card reader determine who voted which party?
If truly it was used for e-collation, are all the parties total votes scored entered into it?
Lastly, the electoral bill declined by Buhari allowed for e-transmission of results from polling unit to INEC server, but since the bill was declined. Elections were conducted manually, results inputed electronically at the collation centres. Therefore, Atiku server claim is dead on arrival.

Zombie u re scared

moderatedguy:
Zombie u re scared

Scared of what? In the face of peddled lies or glaring truth?

moderatedguy:
Zombie u re scared

You are a pathetic liar.
If Atiku case is based on inec server, he has no case.
The case will be struck out immediately.
Was the ballot paper sensitive enough to detect and send send results of which party someone voted?

Obere4u:


You are a pathetic liar.
If Atiku case is based on inec server, he has no case.
The case will be struck out immediately.
Was the ballot paper sensitive enough to detect and send send results of which party someone voted?

I am too sure you know nothing about the case on ground. Perhaps you couldn't pick the simple narratiion in bold said by Okoye, a national commissioner of INEC about the Smart Card Reader from the post. Read and understand simple English.

You may want to visit this post and be enlightened for once; https://www.nairaland.com/5093810/smart-card-reader-used-conduct

Stop repeating this lie, there is nothing like e-collation!
The SCR only stores and transmits total number of accredited voters both successfully and unsuccessfully verified.
If the total votes cast exceeds those numbers the election from the PU is canceled for over-voting which (the PU cancellation) happened all over the country.

Ratello:

I am too sure you know nothing about the case on ground. Perhaps you couldn't pick the simple narratiion in bold said by Okoye, a national commissioner of INEC about the Smart Card Reader from the post. Read and understand simple English.

You may want to visit this post and be enlightened for once; https://www.nairaland.com/5093810/smart-card-reader-used-conduct

Ratello,you are becoming too desperate in the quest to help atiku or is it just for his dollars? What was the supreme court ruling on card readers and other technological devices deployed for elections?

Mehn

garfield1:

Ratello,you are becoming too desperate in the quest to help atiku or is it just for his dollars? What was the supreme court ruling on card readers and other technological devices deployed for elections?

In 2015 or 2019? I don't get you. In 2015, "it was not declared as in integral part of election" because it was test run by INEC that's why manual voting abound in many places. In 2019, INEC declared it to be "an integral part of election and therefore fulfil the provision of electoral act" as stated in the post up there. Can you understand why Supreme Court will definitely not talk about Smart Card Reader the way he did in 2015 when matter of discrepancies in voting is raised in this year?

Ratello:

In 2015 or 2019? I don't get you. In 2015, "it was not declared as in integral part of election" because it was test run by INEC that's why manual voting abound in many places. In 2019, INEC declared it to be "an integral part of election and therefore fulfil the provision of electoral act" as stated in the post up there. Can you understand why Supreme Court will definitely not talk about Smart Card Reader the way he did in 2015 when matter of discrepancies in voting is raised in this year?

Don't mind them. Trying to be clever by half. We will certainly reclaim our stolen mandate Insha Allah

Ratello:

In 2015 or 2019? I don't get you. In 2015, "it was not declared as in integral part of election" because it was test run by INEC that's why manual voting abound in many places. In 2019, INEC declared it to be "an integral part of election and therefore fulfil the provision of electoral act" as stated in the post up there. Can you understand why Supreme Court will definitely not talk about Smart Card Reader the way he did in 2015 when matter of discrepancies in voting is raised in this year?

Oga rat,the supreme court specifically said that it is not in our constitution or electoral act so one cant build anything on it.the national assembly then added it to the new electoral act which buhari refused to sign.so close down this atiku sponsored thread

garfield1:

Oga rat,the supreme court specifically said that it is not in our constitution or electoral act so one cant build anything on it.the national assembly then added it to the new electoral act which buhari refused to sign.so close down this atiku sponsored thread

I hope you have eaten because most times you see double when reading this type of post that doesn't suit your ptejucided views. Did you just miss this part of the post?

Nevertheless, INEC had already established it that the non use of the smart card readers contravenes the Electoral Act, insisting that the smart card readers were integral part of the electoral process and therefore mandatory for it to be used during the election.

Ratello, quit already, I know.you are hurt but take comfort in the fact that Atiku is still "young" enough to re contest in 2023.... This 2019 is Done & Dusted..

Awayu sha?

Ratello:

I am too sure you know nothing about the case on ground. Perhaps you couldn't pick the simple narratiion in bold said by Okoye, a national commissioner of INEC about the Smart Card Reader from the post. Read and understand simple English.

You may want to visit this post and be enlightened for once; https://www.nairaland.com/5093810/smart-card-reader-used-conduct

You won

modath:

Ratello, quit already, I know.you are hurt but take comfort in the fact that Atiku is still "young" enough to re contest in 2023.... This 2019 is Done & Dusted..

Awayu sha?

You can do better than this now e-wife just open up your mind. How you dey babe

Ratello:


I hope you have eaten because most times you see double when reading this type of post that doesn't suit your ptejucided views. Did you just miss this part of the post?

Nevertheless, INEC had already established it that the non use of the smart card readers contravenes the Electoral Act, insisting that the smart card readers were integral part of the electoral process and therefore mandatory for it to be used during the election.

Dont confuse yourself.since it is not in our laws,no need to rely on it.period

richidinho:
You are wise!

You are good bro always on the good side of things

garfield1:

Dont confuse yourself.since it is not in our laws,no need to rely on it.period

It is boldly written in your Electoral Act Law. This is enough as legal backing to it on matters of illegality conducted during elections.

id911:


Don't mind them. Trying to be clever by half. We will certainly reclaim our stolen mandate Insha Allah

The court is the final arbiter of the matter at hand and in this case, the Smart Card Reader will be heavily relied upon in determining the case.

Comrade ChristianNorth kindly come over sir let's discuss this topic I have been trying to make these Buharideens reason things out but they won't budge.

Ratello:
Comrade ChristianNorth kindly come over sir let's discuss this topic I have been trying to make these Buharideens reason things out but they won't budge.

The Electoral act was amended in 2015 and it legitimized the use of card readers, it was signed by Jonathan

The NASS amended the act again in 2017 and 2018 to include e-collation which the card reader has capability to, but Buhari declined assent.

Again, the electoral act section 52 empowes INEC to set electoral guidelines and this guidelines have the full weight of the law and in the guideline for the last election, INEC clearly stated that any result from a PU without a card reader is invalid.

So card readers will be admissible in the tribunal and all those kangaroo votes Buhari got from the North will be cancelled.

https://punchng.com/how-electoral-act-2015-legalised-card-reader/

garfield1:

Oga rat,the supreme court specifically said that it is not in our constitution or electoral act so one cant build anything on it.the national assembly then added it to the new electoral act which buhari refused to sign.so close down this atiku sponsored thread

Sorry, the electoral act of 2015 was signed by Jonathan and it legalized the use of card readers.

Go and check section 52 of the Electoral Act (Amended) 2015 and again, the Supreme Court decision that set the card reader precedence was made in a split decison 5-2.

Again, INEC guideline in 2015 about the use of card reader is quite different from the 2019 guideline.

We are overturning that precedent and Buhari is going to prison for lying under oath.

ChristianNorth:


The Electoral act was amended in 2015 and it legitimized the use of card readers, it was signed by Jonathan

The NASS amended the act again in 2017 and 2018 to include e-collation which the card reader has capability to, but Buhari declined assent.

Again, the electoral act section 52 empowes INEC to set electoral guidelines and this guidelines have the full weight of the law and in the guideline for the last election, INEC clearly stated that any result from a PU without a card reader is invalid.

So card readers will be admissible in the tribunal and all those kangaroo votes Buhari got from the North will be cancelled.

https://punchng.com/how-electoral-act-2015-legalised-card-reader/

Many of these Buharideens are radiating under the influence of what I called "intellectual masturbation" they just enjoy this self pleasure interpretation of the law which is open for all to see. Smart card readers have come to stay and a useful tool now to determine the real situation in any electoral processes as backed up by the electoral act. I am still wondering why some folks choose to be stupid in a glaring case as this.

Watching closely as events unfolds.

How Electoral Act 2015 Legalised Card Reader – Punch Newspapers

Femi Falana

In December last year, the Supreme Court upheld all the disputed governorship elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission on April 11, 2015 and undertook to adduce reasons for each of the judgments at a later date.  Last month, the court announced  the reasons for the decisions. Essentially, the apex court vehemently disagreed with the judgments of the Court of Appeal which had set aside election results which emanated from manual accreditation instead of the card reader machines prescribed by the INEC.  For not validating the use of card reader for voter accreditation some commentators, including lawyers, have criticised the verdicts of the apex court. The criticisms which have greeted the judgments are not unexpected given the controversy which trailed the use of card reader for the elections.

Although the National Assembly had approved fund for the purchase of the card reader machines in the Appropriation Act of 2014, the then ruling party wanted to use its control of the federal legislature to discredit the electronic device. Hence, the immediate-past chairman of the INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, was summoned to the Senate to justify the introduction of the card reader for voter accreditation. In taking up the challenge, Prof. Jega demonstrated the use of card readers and its capacity to eliminate electoral fraud perpetrated at the accreditation stage of election. At the end of the exercise the Senate was compelled to endorse the use of card reader for the 2015  general election. Thereafter, the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015 which sought to legitimise the use of card reader was unanimously passed by both chambers of  the National Assembly. The bill was signed into law by former President Goodluck Jonathan on March 20, 2015.

Prior to the amendment, Section 52 of the Electoral Act had prohibited the INEC from the use of any form of electronic voting. But following the amendment of the provision, the INEC has been conferred with the power to determine the procedure to use for any election. Specifically, Section 52 states that “voting at an election shall be in accordance with the procedure determined by the Independent National Electoral Commission.” With the amendment of the law the INEC was on terra firma when it decided to use the card reader machine for the accreditation of voters for the 2015 general election.

In spite of the initial hiccups encountered by voters with respect to the use of the card reader machines it is generally agreed that the technological device enhanced the credibility of the 2015 general election. Indeed, a number of the election petitions filed by aggrieved candidates were anchored on the gap between the number of voters accredited with the card reader machines and the fake election results declared by some returning officers. At the election petition tribunals, the INEC, through its lawyers, canvassed rather curiously that the directive on accreditation of voters with the aid of  card reader machines was not backed by any law. And that the failure to comply with the directive could not vitiate any election conducted by the INEC.

Some members of the Election Petition Tribunals and the Justices of the Court of Appeal upheld the submissions of the INEC lawyers. In their judgments they  ignored the figures of accredited voters obtained via the card reader machines.  Others were however convinced that the directive on the use of card reader was backed by the letter and spirit of the Electoral Act. In the case of APC v Kolawole Agbaje, Ogbuinya JCA traced the genesis of the card reader when he said, “The evolution of the concept of smart card readers is a familiar one. It came to being during the last general election held in March and April, 2015 in Nigeria. On this score, it is a nascent procedure injected into our infant and fledgling electoral system to ensure credible and transparent election. Specifically, it is aimed to concretise our fragile process of accreditation – the keystone of any suffrage. The concept, owing to its recent invention by INEC, a non-legislative body, traces its paternity to the manual for election officials, 2015.”

The above view of Ogbuinya J.C.A was adopted in toto by Ejembi Eko JCA in the case of Umana v Emmanuel, when he stated that, “I do not believe that with the fast pace of development globally and the whole world embracing the latest IT technologies, that resistance should be placed to emerging technologies geared towards transparency in elections, by backward thinking interpretations that can only be deleterious to the system. Holding otherwise would be to truncate the great efforts of the 3rd respondent (INEC) in its bid to ensure a credible election and in so doing attempt to plug all loopholes that can be exploited by unscrupulous persons.”

Regrettably, the Supreme Court did not share the progressive view of both Ogbuinya and Eko JJCA on the legal validity of the technological device. Thus, in the  case of Edward Okereke v Dave Umahi  the apex court held that the appellant failed woefully to prove the allegation of over-voting  as he did not tender the voters’ registers along with the card reader reports.  Justice Cletus Nweze, who read the lead judgment of the court, held that, “Indeed, since the Guidelines and Manual, which authorised the use and deployment of the electronic card reader machine, were made in exercise of the powers conferred by the Electoral Act, the said card reader cannot, logically, depose or dethrone the Voters’ Register whose judicial roots are firmly embedded or entrenched in the selfsame Electoral Act from which it (the Voters’ Register) directly, derives its sustenance and currency….since the National Assembly has not deleted the provision of Section 49 of the Electoral Act (2010), which allows manual accreditation, it would be wrong for any petitioner to seek to rely solely on the report of the card reader (which is intended as a supplementary measure to the already provided means of accreditation) to prove over-voting.”

However, in spite of the clear position of the INEC on the mandatory use of card readers for the governorship and state legislative elections it did not adduce any argument in favour of the use of electronic device  at the various election petition tribunals and the appellate courts. It is particularly intriguing that the INEC did not defend the card reader by relying on Section 52 of the Electoral Act (Amendment Act) 2015. If the attention of the Justices of the Supreme Court had been drawn to the 2015 amendment of the Electoral Act they could not have held that accreditation by the card reader machine was supplementary to manual accreditation. In other words, the judgments of the apex court would have legitimised the use of card reader for voter accreditation. No doubt, the legitimisation of the card reader would have had dire consequences on the results of the disputed governorship elections.

Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, writes from Lagos

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Note: the above narratives was written by a renowned SAN, Femi Falana in support of the Card Reader as a tool of transparency in 2015, now this is 2019 where legal backings to the usage of the 2019 elections held sway so it is practically unprofessional for any legal team to downplay the importance of the Smart Card Reader in this legal tussle between Atiku and Buhari.

Cc: Seun, Lalasticlala this is a matter of urgency and deeper education, enlightenment on a burning political issue, kindly push it to the front page for further contribution, dissection and thorough analyses by brilliant minds. Thank you.

Ratello:


Many of these Buharideens are radiating under the influence of what I called "intellectual masturbation" they just enjoy this self pleasure interpretation of the law which is open for all to see. Smart card readers have come to stay and a useful tool now to determine the real situation in any electoral processes as backed up by the electoral act. I am still wondering why some folks choose to be stupid in a glaring case as this.

Just ignore them

ChristianNorth:

Just ignore them

Here we are again my great pal like we saw the future then when we were discussing the relevance of the Smart Card Reader (SCR) as exhibits to the case Atiku is presenting before the tribunal. It won't be long before many will understand how the Smart Card Reader will influence things in this case. Lalasticlala please move this to the front page I beg of you.

Adeinfo:
You people should stop peddling lies, INEC Smart card reader can only transmit total numbers of accredited voters. Those of you giving Atiku hope through his purported INEC server should ask this question.
Can card reader determine who voted which party?
If truly it was used for e-collation, are all the parties total votes scored entered into it?
Lastly, the electoral bill declined by Buhari allowed for e-transmission of results from polling unit to INEC server, but since the bill was declined. Elections were conducted manually, results inputed electronically at the collation centres. Therefore, Atiku server claim is dead on arrival.

Stop posting what you don't know.

This is exactly the same thing one guy was arguing about claiming he was also a staff of inec in the just concluded election, not until another guy came and explain everything and even showed him screen shots of party list on the card reader.
He said some of the staff didn't know how to transmit the result with the card reader, the RACTEC guys were the ones doing it for them.

He posted some screenshot of card read and I have them.