Okpebholo, PDP Official Decries BVAS Malfunction in By-Election

During the state’s senatorial and Federal House of Representatives by-elections, Monday Okpebholo, the governor of Edo State, and Otote Famous, a PDP leader in Ovia North-East Local Government Area, have bemoaned the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System’s (BVAS) malfunction.
Shortly after casting their ballots, the two had separately interviewed in Ekiadolor Primary School in Ovia North-East Local Government Area and Ward 2, Unit 1, Udomi Primary School in Esan Central.
The Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) BVAS machines, according to Okpebholo, were generating needless delays.
I cast my ballot just now. You can see how frustrated they are. The BVAS simply moves too slowly. The time it takes to become accredited is excessive. INEC should investigate this, in my opinion. So far, so good. I’m getting wonderful vibes,” he remarked.

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Famous expressed his regret that if INEC does not act quickly to straighten out the BVAS, more people will lose their right to vote.

According to Famous, a number of people have cast ballots, but the BVAS has prevented more than 20 others from doing so.

Although a sizable number of people cast ballots, the BVAS was not working at 10:00 am, preventing more than 20 people from doing so.

The BVAS has been under the management of INEC officials. “The machines have been having problems ever since they started,” he stated.

According to Famous, a number of people have cast ballots, but the BVAS has prevented more than 20 others from doing so.