Activist John Githongo now says the logs he provided as evidence were only demo screenshots of how the Independent Electoral and Boundaries (IEBC) server may have been breached and altered.

This comes days after Githongo alleged in his sworn affidavit that hackers were granted access to the IEBC database and manipulated Forms 34A.

“I have come to learn that the logs furnished to me by the young man were meant to be a demo on how the IEBC server can be accessed and manipulated by external unauthorized parties. The same are screen grabs commonly known as screenshots and are not actual logs,” Githongo said.

Githongo filed a supplementary affidavit after the submission contained in president-elect William Ruto’s replying affidavit and other replying affidavits for Davis Chirchir, Dennis Itumbi, Ashif Kassam, Eric Mulei and Raymond Kiprotich Bett.

Githongo has however denied the allegation that the logs he provided were fake as one cannot fabricate anything given to them by another person.

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He insisted the logs in his affidavit were the same ones the young man gave him and they did not originate from him or the petitioner.

“The logs annexed to my affidavit dated 21st August 2022 are the exact logs given to me by the young man referred to in my affidavit and therefore the logs did not originate from me or the petitioner,” Githongo said.

Githongo claims that the logs in IEBC Commissioner Justus Nyang’aya’s affidavit support the intel he received earlier concerning the hacking of the IEBC servers.

He also accused president-elect William Ruto of ignoring the fact that the contents of his previous affidavit evidenced the manipulation of Forms 34A.

Githongo filed an affidavit on Monday last week challenging the outcome of the August 9 presidential election.