{"id":46647,"date":"2021-08-14T10:22:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T10:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=46647"},"modified":"2021-08-14T10:23:04","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T10:23:04","slug":"inec-do-not-fall-prey-to-fake-registration-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=46647","title":{"rendered":"INEC: Do not fall prey to fake registration portal."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"714\" height=\"391\" src=\"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/C62601BD-D2C7-41AA-BBCF-04EE00E38ED7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46649\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has raised alarm over fake online registration portal for Continuous Voter Registration (CVR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The commission raised the alarm in a statement issued by Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, in Abuja on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Okoye said that INEC attention had been drawn to a post, which is currently being circulated on the social media, about a website for INEC voter registration \u201cwhich is different from the INEC CVR Portal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"686\" height=\"447\" src=\"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/F85C42B8-5FF6-403D-B0A4-2F3CC82482AB.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46650\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe address of the fake portal is https:\/\/register.inec-pvc.online\/ with shortened URL as https:\/\/bit.ly\/INEC-PvcReg2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cINEC wishes to totally disassociate itself from this website and any activity carried out on it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Okoye said that INEC had not accredited any agency or organisation to capture details of intending voters on its behalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Okoye said that INEC had not accredited any agency or organisation to capture details of intending voters on its behalf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has raised alarm over fake online registration portal for Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). 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