[285] What of Article 138 (3) (c) of the Constitution? It provides that: “in a presidential election- after counting the votes in the polling stations, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission shall tally and verify the count and declare the result.” [286] The critical element here is the duty placed upon the Commission to verify the results before declaring them. To ensure that the results declared are the ones recorded at the polling station. NOT to vary, change or alter the results. [287] The duty to verify in Article 138 is squarely placed upon the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (the 1st respondent herein). This duty runs all the way, from the polling station to the constituency level and finally, to the National Tallying Centre. There is no disjuncture in the performance of the duty to verify. It is exercised by the various agents or officers of the 1st respondent, that is to say, the presiding officer at a polling station, the returning officer at the constituency level, and the Chair at the National Tallying Centre. [288] The verification process at all these levels is elaborately provided for in the Elections Act and the Regulations thereunder. The simultaneous electronic transmission of results from the polling station to the Constituency and National Tallying Centre, is not only intended to facilitate this verification process, but also acts as an insurance against, potential electoral fraud by eliminating human intervention/intermeddling in the Presidential  Petition  No.  1  of  2017                                                                                                                                                                                                            121  |  P a g e