The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) experienced a major challenge in the Ondo state governorship election held on Saturday, November 16, 2024.
A septuagenarian, Mrs Agnes Olapade, who was affected by the technical problem, said that she was disappointed that she could not vote due to malfunction of the BVAS.
Olapade said she had been at the polling unit, with other affected elderly voters, since 8:00 am. without being able to vote.
Miss Angela Oshogwe, the presiding officer at the ongoing election, said that the bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machine could not capture the faces of some elderly voters.
Oshogwe, who is in charge of Poling Unit 19, Ward 11 Olamojuba, Ondo, in the Ondo West local government area of the state, said that she had lodged the complaints with the concerned authorities.
Reacting to the complaint, Rotimi Oyekanmi, the chief press secretary to INEC chairman, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the commission was aware of the development in âvery limitedâ polling units.
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Earlier, TimesNow.com.ng reported that INEC had started uploading the Ondo state governorship election results on its IREV portal from the polling units.
As of the time of writing this report, INEC has uploaded about 25 per cent of the ongoing election results on the IREV portal.
The Ondo state governorship election results can be checked from the “Election Results” section on the INEC website.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
