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Nigerians React As INEC Denies Having Server
A storm of mixed reactions by Nigerians has greeted claims by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Nigeria’s electoral umpire, that it does not have a server where results of the February 23 presidential election were uploaded.
Naija News recalls that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s main opposition party and its presidential candidate in the February 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, prayed the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday, to order INEC to grant them permission to inspect the commission’s saver.
However, in response, Yunus Ustaz Usman (SAN), the Counsel to INEC, urged the Presidential Elections Petitions Tribunal to strike out the application of the PDP and Atiku, adding that: “They are asking us to bring something we don’t have.”
In the same vein, Wole Olanipekun (SAN), the counsel to President Muhammadu Buhari and that of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria’s ruling party, Lateef Fagnemi (SAN), asked the court to dismiss the application for failing to disclose the existence of the server.
Moments after the news broke, Nigerians took to the micro-blogging site, Twitter to react to INEC’s claims.
Naija News captured some of the reactions below…
https://twitter.com/MgbeojiIkechi/status/1139410274375491584
https://twitter.com/Seunsoul1/status/1139340201875185665
DSS arrested people for hacking into INEC's server and now INEC is saying they dont have server 😂😂😂
INEC and lies, are like this pic.twitter.com/Kxog2N2g68— The Shawn Exchange (@theshawnexchang) June 14, 2019
Presidency: we'll sue Atiku and the pdp for invading INEC server
INEC: we don't have any server for Atiku to inspect
Me:👇👇 https://t.co/eTUR7tY3mw
— legendary zeal (@badmanzeal) June 14, 2019
APC asked INEC to arrest PDP for hacking INEC Server & Now INEC say they have no Server. INEC legit denying having C'monServer? Server Bear Mercy.
Local Man is Weak
— Safehouse Empire👑 (@OfficialNewNig) June 14, 2019
I was not joking when I said @atiku has ambushed inec.
inec can not affirm their server as that will give credence to atiku's victory.
Buhari's highly celebrated 3.8million winning margin can not be justified.
Atiku will pull the trigger after all lies have been exhausted
— Dokun Ojomo (@DokunOjomo) June 14, 2019
INEC: We don't have a server where election results were transmitted.
Atiku: 👇🏾 pic.twitter.com/QiSgSTUL5g
— Babasola Kuti 🇬🇧 🇳🇬 (@RealSolaKuti) June 14, 2019
This is what the INEC Resident Commissioner said on your own ChannelsTV Show about INEC's use of Servers ..
I hope you are responsible enough to bring this up pic.twitter.com/B3BzgPrvwL
— Gene Grey (@EuginhoCortez) June 14, 2019
How can N27B be budgeted for just card readers, and no server? It is either somebody stole the monies for "the technological advancements" in INEC or the server that was procured has now been ferried away or destroyed. Anyhow you wanna look at it, there is a conspiracy of lies. pic.twitter.com/XflWKIh9d7
— Ayo (@theayogeorge) June 14, 2019
"We don't have a server" – INEC
"PDP hacked INEC server"-APCHow INEC budgets billions annually with hundreds of millions for IT equipment for a nationwide network carrying critical information can say they don't have a server is nothing short of a miracle!
Lying isn't easy! pic.twitter.com/aLL83PbYx6
— The OBIdient Seeker (@The_Seeker76) June 14, 2019
INEC denies having a server in court under oath but recently some people were arrested for hacking into this same server.
This country na caricature, God SAFE us!! pic.twitter.com/UaORocuh2T
— The Shawn Exchange (@theshawnexchang) June 14, 2019
INEC denial of having a server is even worse than accepting they had one. Now do you know that if INEC dosen't really have a server then this case is no longer just for @atiku alone but the whole citizens of this country. We have the right to f*** know how our votes were counted
— N, Favour (@OneQubyte) June 14, 2019
If INEC is "on the cloud", are there no servers on the cloud?
— Onye Nkuzi (@cchukudebelu) June 13, 2019
It’s interesting and wonderful to know that INEC has no server or rather ‘serverless’.
— Senator Shehu Sani (@ShehuSani) June 13, 2019
#FindINECServer @inecnigeria in a counter affidavit to @OfficialPDPNig and @atiku / @PeterObi application at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to inspect their Server, denied existence of such a device. So, what server is Mike Igini, INEC Commissioner talking about? @UN pic.twitter.com/9Ym09i3iFp
— ibu thomas🇳🇬 (@Hailfinger1) June 13, 2019
INEC SERVER DENIAL
This video has put to rest the server denial by APC legal team & INEC at the presidential election tribunal. Case closed! pic.twitter.com/t1pgomsOo2— john danfulani (@john_danfulani) June 13, 2019
INEC: A server where the results of the Feb. 23rd Presidential election were uploaded, DOES NOT exist.
PDP: There's an INEC server@atiku: I won with results in the INEC Server
Question: What's the main effect of hallucination?
Answer: One can see a server that does not exist pic.twitter.com/OFvp4dd74L
— Lauretta Onochie (@Laurestar) June 13, 2019
APC once petitioned the Police and DSS, alleging that PDP hacked INEC server, however, INEC claimed today that it does not have any Server. So, dear APC, which INEC server did PDP hack? Btw INEC & APC, who is lying?
This daylight electoral robbery is now too difficult to defend pic.twitter.com/F75vUr3h38
— Dbaba (@dbaba_authentic) June 13, 2019
In April 2019 – No result on INEC’s server – Yakubu
In June 2019 – We don’t have server – Yakubu
“Yakubu fought gallantly”… obviously for his pocket. Facts are threats to those who invest in fraud. 😒😒 pic.twitter.com/VyNQtvJN75
— Adetutu Balogun, MBA (@Tutsy22) June 13, 2019
When a thief is caught the first thing to be done is search his pockets.
In the same vein when Inec is accused to stealing votes the first thing to be done should be searching them
Why are INEC and APC against inspecting all the materials used for the elections#AtikuIsComing
— Hamma (@HAHayatu) June 13, 2019
PDP/Atiku accused INEC of helping APC/Buhari to steal their mandate, that they have evidence that back up their claim, and the evidence is on the INEC Server. INEC denied having Server, Buhari/APC objected PDP plea to inspect the Server, but here are pictures saying otherwise pic.twitter.com/AzmDwmVizH
— Dbaba (@dbaba_authentic) June 13, 2019
