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Election: Court admits evidence showing that INEC server was not faulty on election day

Published by Tope Fakinlede on June 20th, 2023.

Election: Court admits evidence showing that INEC server was not faulty on election day

FCG reports that the Presidential Election Petitions Court has admitted as evidence a report from a subpoenaed witness who identified herself as an employee of Amazon Web Services Incorporated, USA, stating the health status of the cloud services offered to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC

The report specifically provides details on the health status of the Amazon Web server that provided cloud services for INEC’s digital backbone for the presidential election

FCG learnt that the report contents revealed that there was no fault that could have affected the e-transmission of results on February 25, 2023, when the presidential election held.

The report was tendered through a witness subpoenaed by the Labour Party, by name Claretta Ogar, whose identity was submitted as cloud engineer and architect.
The document, totaling six copies were admitted by the court amid objections by INEC, Tinubu, Shettima and the APC.

The cross examination of the witness is scheduled for Tuesday 20th June, FCG learnt.