As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) halted the uploading of the remaining results to into INEC Results Viewing (IREV) Portal, Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Saturday night cautioned the Accord to desist from feeding the Nigerians with AI generated results.
The opposition party said it was worrisome that Accord allegedly descend to the dangerous arena of criminality by illegally usurping the role of INEC through posting of fake election results from the various wards on social media.
A statement by the Osun APC director of media and information, Kola Olabisi, warned Accord members not to undermine the electoral process, when the umpire had not officially declared winner of the poll.
The statement reads: “Of a fact that INEC is the only corporate body constitutionally empowered to conduct and duly declare the results of the election which translates to the fact that election results from other sources from the national election umpire could be described as an illegality.
“The members of the public should therefore keep watch of the misinformation about the governorship results as such is capable of plunging the state into avoidable crisis.
“It is equally important for the police to urgently delve into the matter in order to make some of those publishing the falsehoods through the social media scapegoats.
“A keen watcher of the development would agree with the observation and conclusion that the publication of the false election results by the Accord Party members and supporters was a prearranged and co-ordinated exercise by the handlers of the Accord Party in the state to cause confusion.
“For God sake, why is it impossible for the Accord Party handlers to play politics by the rules as the INEC has been warning copiously that it wasn’t the business of anyone other than the national electoral umpire to release and declare the election results.
“Governor Ademola Adeleke should be held responsible should there be a post-election crisis which is being stylishly promoted by the governor and his co-travellers, as findings showed that some of the disgruntled politicians of the Accord Party extraction have illegally enlisted the services of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to cause political crisis in the state with special reference to the churning out of fake election results.
“We are enjoining our members and supporters in the state and beyond to continue to go about their businesses in peace and refuse to be distracted by the illegal activities of the political bandits who are hell-bent in plunging the state into avoidable political crisis for selfish reasons, “the statement concluded.
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