Last week’s Presidential and national assembly elections revealed alot about the sanctity of the newly introduced Bimodal Verification Identification System (BVAS). I have asked on this platform whether it is possible to manipulate the BVAS or to do what INEC now calls BVAS bypass. The truth is that even though it is very difficult to manipulate the BVAS, it can be bypassed.
The impunity that happened last week was caused by INEC itself when it grossly violated the use of the BVAS for electronic transmission of results. This provision is the number one on the items for amendments. Now that it happened last week, we must be vigilant in next week’s gubernatorial elections. We must ensure strict adherence to the electronic transmission in all our polling units. We must not allow INEC to get away with it this time around. We must give stringent and concrete protection at all the units.
The above position is fundamental and very imperative. Its very timely and important in view of…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
