Senior INEC Official Finally Discloses How Over-Voting Occurred In Osun Gov Election Despite Use of BVAS

Senior INEC Official Finally Discloses How Over-Voting Occurred In Osun Gov Election Despite Use of BVAS

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Osun state’s Iwo – The Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), according to Dr. Mutiu Agboke, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun state, did not enable over-voting during the state’s previous governorship election.Information Guide Nigeria

According to The Punch, the REC disclosed this during a visit to the palace of the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, on Tuesday, January 31.

Agboke was quoted as saying that the Election Petition Tribunal’s decision to overturn the results of the state’s July 16 election revealed how over-voting might occur.

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Furthermore, the REC stated that certain politicians may have purposely avoided BVAS during the elections in collusion with INEC staff members.

According to him, it was BVAS that helped the electoral commission to expose those who carried out over-voting on election day.
His words:
“It was BVAS that helped INEC to expose those who carried out over-voting on election day. So it was not the BVAS that created the problem, that should be corrected. “Based on that ruling, we have identified some inadequacies from the politicians, voters, and our staff and our responsibility is to ensure that we cover all these gaps so that the votes of the Osun people can speak for them.NYSC portal
“Politicians in connivance with our staff members deliberately bypassed the BVAS. It was this BVAS that exposed over-voting during the Osun election. So with this judgment of the tribunal, we know how over-voting can happen. We will beam our searchlight on those staff members and I can assure you that all of us should own the process together. This is the way we can correct these anomalies.”
The senior INEC official said this during a stakeholders’ meeting held with chairmen of political parties in Osun state at the electoral body’s state office in Osogbo on Wednesday, February 1.
“So I want to tell Osun people that BVAS did not orchestrate the issue of over-voting. We did not use BVAS to vote or cast our ballot.JAMB Result

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