From Ahmad Muhammad, Bauchi
The BVAS voter identification machine has failed to accredit an 80-year-old man , the former speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara,, and some voters in different polling units in some constituencies in Bauchi state.
The 80-year-old man was met by our reporter at a polling unit in Yalwan Duguri, in the Alkaleri Local GovernmentArea.
He said the machine checked his fingers and his face but it didnt recognize him, but that the election officials said he should wait.
Bauchi Governor Senator Bala Muhammad Abdulkadir had after casting his vote, said he wad satisfied with the way the device worked because in less than five minutes, it verified every Voter.
In Bauchi club, the machine however failed to accredit many people although the device was later repaired and started working.
In Bogoro local Government Area, the machine failed to accredit the Speaker of the eight Assembly of the Federal House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara and his wife.
Dogara said that when he arrived, the machine did not identify him, and he went to the office of the Electoral Commission in Bogoro Local Government to ask for an explanation.
He expressed frustration on how the community left their homes and came out to vote but the machine refused to identify them.
” We were told that the BVAS machine It was said that no matter where or where there is no network, it will work. Now we have come and it is said that it is not working, it was taken to Tafawa Balewa, a town that is 12 to 13 kilometers from where we are today to go to “But the thing to be noticed here in the country of Kwarangah is that there are two strong networks of MTN and Glo. Our concern is why the BVAS of gwarangah should be taken to Tafawa Balewa to be repaired, even if the network is not strong but there is a network in Bogoro. He said, apart from this, all polling booths with more than two thousand voters should be given four BVAS, “But they brought only two here even though our voters are almost two thousand. Out of the two they brought, 1 is not working.”
He said they will continue to wait for what the INEC officials will do because they want to cast their votes. He expressed his frustration on how the device continues to cause setbacks to the election. Later, Dogara used the opportunity to ask the people to vote peacefully and asked the candidates to be prepared for the results of the election to be announced.
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