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The Accord Party has accused the All Progressives Congress of allegedly bringing election hackers to Osogbo ahead of the August 15 governorship election in Osun State.
The allegation was contained in a statement issued by the Accord Party chairman in the state, Victor Akande.
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Akande alleged that the suspected hackers were brought from Lagos and Abuja and were operating from a hotel in Osogbo.
He claimed that the group was allegedly preparing to compromise the electronic systems of the Independent National Electoral Commission and upload fake election results to the commission’s server.
Akande said, “The hackers were brought in from Lagos and Abuja, and they have set up an operational centre at the hotel. Their target is to compromise the INEC electronic system to input fake election results into the INEC server.
“The party called on the electoral commission to firm up its digital system and strengthen its ICT security in the face of cyber threats from the opposition APC.
“We also call on security agencies to raid the GMT Hotel and other illegal centres to stop the ongoing anti-democracy activities.”
The Accord Party chairman urged INEC to strengthen its cybersecurity measures ahead of the election and called on security agencies to investigate the allegation.
According to Akande, the alleged activities posed a threat to the credibility of the election and required urgent intervention from the relevant authorities.
However, the Osun State APC spokesperson, Kola Olabisi, dismissed the allegation as false and politically motivated.
Olabisi said the APC had no reason to manipulate the election and accused the Accord Party of making the allegation because it feared defeat at the polls.
He also challenged the Accord Party to submit any credible evidence of alleged election hacking to the police instead of making public accusations.
“The allegation that our party is harbouring hackers in a particular hotel in Osogbo is false and without any foundation, and there is no basis for that. It is an attempt to lower the esteem of our party in the eyes of the right-thinking members of society. Our party does not need to rig any election before our candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, wins the election.
“It is the fear of losing the election that is haunting the Accord Party functionaries who are peddling the information. It is nothing but a figment of the imagination of those peddling the rumour. There is nothing like that. If they are sure that we are harbouring any hacker, the right place for the Accord Party to go is the police,” Olabisi said.
The Osun State governorship election is scheduled to hold on August 15, with candidates and political parties intensifying their campaigns ahead of the poll.
