The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says
voting in the Anambra governorship election may continue on Sunday if those
currently on the queue are unable to cast their votes today.
Due to the malfunctioning of Bimodal Voter Accreditation
System (BVAS) in some polling units across the state, the commission had
earlier extended the voting time in affected areas till 4pm.
But there are indications that the voting time may have to
be further extended as some persons were still voting at past 7pm.
There were also reports that the commission has extended the
voting time till Sunday.
But speaking on Saturday, Rotimi Oyekanmi,
chief press secretary to the INEC chairman, said the commission has not
officially extended voting till Sunday.
“At this point, election has not been officially extended
till tomorrow. However, we are harvesting areas where voting will realistically
no longer take place today, including places where substantial disruption
occurred, to enable a recommencement of voting at another time, in line with
extant laws as well as the commission’s regulations and guidelines,” he said.
“The implication of this is that voting time which was
initially extended to 4pm may extend till tomorrow. If there are so many people
on the queue in such a way that all of them can no longer vote today, then
voting will resume tomorrow.
“If voting is able to end today, for instance at 7pm instead
of 4pm, depending on the decision of the presiding officer, so be it. But if
they (presiding officers) feel that at some point in time, they can no longer
continue, maybe because it has gotten dark, they will stop at that point and
then ask the remaining voters to come the following day to cast their ballot.
And once the voting ends the following day, we’ll conclude the process.”
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