One day to the 2023 general elections in Nigeria, a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has said that hacking the database of the electoral commission is possible.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Jega stated this while speaking to Trust TV on issues surrounding the preparedness of INEC ahead of the Saturday polls and issues regarding elections in Nigeria.
This newspaper reports that in respect of the 2023 general elections, INEC has introduced technological innovations like the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and the Result Viewing Portal.
Regardless, the former INEC boss stated that even though the commission confirmed employing an excellent cyber-security for their databases, it can be breached.
“And INEC had said consistently, that knowing the political terrain, they have also got the best cyber security for the databases that they have. And we have to believe that they’ve done their best.
“It doesn’t mean it will be 100 per cent secure, but I know that whoever uses a database, also uses a security alternative which virtually nobody knows,” Jega said.
jega is an enemy of state,he should have say this earlier,not now that election is hours away.