SCENE 1: INEC contracted an Asian IT firm to supply BVAS and build a data aggregator website etc.
Scene 2: APC tracked the company to their country and hired them to create a similar website, Civichive.
Scene 3: APC strategically outlined the States it needs to rig to secure victory.
Scene 4: The APC team was given a marching order with billions to compromise INEC Returning Officers of these States, including its governors.
Scene 5: On February 18, APC simulated the results of the elections based on the States it needs to win.
Scene 6: On February 20, APC uploaded the results on its secret website, Civichive and it went live on the 25th.
Scene 7: On the election day, INEC website was taken offline by the same firm INEC hired.
Scene 8: INEC contacted the IT firm to bring its website online, and they sat on it.
Scene 9: Even though, INEC’s website was offline, Civichive started displaying election results in real-time.
Scene 10: The IT firm INEC hired brought the website back online having created API and integrated it with Civichive.
Scene 11: Every result accessed via INEC’s website was supplied via a backdoor from Civichive.
Scene 12: It took time for the uncompromised INEC Officials to notice this and they switched to manual collation.
The damage has already been done, but there is a way out.
1. Labour Party should set up a Tech Team ASAP. It is good that APC used tech trying to rig the election – the digital footprints are everywhere. This is like someone stealing money from your bank account thinking they have succeeded without knowing the digital trail will lead to them.
2. Labour Party Agents across the States it needs to win to secure victory must submit Forms EC8A & EC8B immediately. These forms must be secured in the cloud.
3. INEC chairman must not be allowed to announce the winner of the election, until Nigerians are told how and where Civichive got its election data in real-time while INEC website was offline.
