Website of Nigeria's electoral body hacked on election day
Xinhua, March 28, 2015 Adjust font size:
The official website of Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is suspected to have been hacked, the electoral body said Saturday, as a crucial presidential election is being held in the West African country.
In a terse statement, the Nigerian electoral body said its website (www.inecnigeria.org) had been taken over at some moment after 11 a.m. local time, while the election process was going on.
"We are currently investigating this incident," the electoral body added.
Meanwhile, electorates in the Nigerian capital Abuja have flayed the accreditation process which preceded voting in the presidential election on Saturday.
Many of the voters, who had arrived at polling units ahead of the scheduled time for accreditation, said officials of the electoral body did not arrive until two hours later to commence the process.
A total of 14 candidates are competing in Saturday's presidential election, adjudged the toughest since the West African country reverted to democracy 16 years ago. Endi