By Yusuf Boluwatife
The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the ongoing governorship election in Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has expressed disappoinment in the breakdown of the Bimodal Verification Accreditation (BVA) system used in capturing voters in some parts of the state.
Soludo arrived at the Polling unit 002, Ward 13, at Ofiyi square, Isuofia in Aguata Local government Area, at about 12:15pm but could not be captured by the BVA, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported.
He said,“This BVA technology is a complete failure, and by almost 1.p.m. in the day, voting is yet to start in most of the polling units in the state.
“And in places where it is working, it takes about 20 to 30 minutes to capture a voter. With this crowd, even if the device starts working now, it is not possible to finish up within record time.
“It raises fundamental questions because I’m quite shock to hear that this technology breakdown is happening all over the state.
“May be we will still be optimistic that the challenge will be fixed. I have been here for over 20 minutes, yet no way.
“The INEC chairman assured us that things will get better. So we are hoping the machines start working soon.”
The APGA candidate also praised voters for turning out in large numbers to cast their votes and asked that they exercise patience as he was optimistic the challenge will be addressed soon.
