The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says
thugs snatched Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines in Katsina
and Delta states.
Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, spoke on Saturday while
briefing journalists at the collation centre, Abuja on the ongoing general
election.
Yakubu said reports from the process nationwide indicated
that there have been some challenges.
He said the challenges include problems of logistics and
insecurity.
“Voting is going on
nationwide, the BVAS deployed nationwide has been functioning optimally in most
parts of the country. We are hearing less complaints about the functionality of
the BVAS,” the INEC chairman said.
“Based on the reports we have received from our offices,
there have been some challenges in the process.
“One of the challenges is the inability of the commission in
some locations to open the polling units at 8:30 am. Some of the reasons for
this include the perennial problem of logistics in spite of our best efforts.
But generally speaking, we have delivered hundreds of ballot papers and result
sheets that we were supposed to deliver.
“Another factor is
the perennial insecurity. We couldn’t deploy early enough in Alawa, Niger state
because bandits launched an attack in the area. So we tarried for a while on
the advice of security agents. But we are happy to say that we were able to
deploy to other areas and voting is going on.
“In Oshimili, Delta state, thugs attacked a polling unit and
two BVAS were lost in the process. But we were able to replace the stolen BVAS
and restore security and voting continued. In Safana LGA of Katsina state,
thugs attacked voting locations and snatched six BVAS machines. But we were
able to use the spare BVAS machines and reinforce security for voting to
continue.
“The security agencies have recovered three BVAS machines
but three are still held by the thugs. In these locations, the target of
attacks were the BVAS machines. It is no longer the ballot boxes.”
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