Indigenes of Plateau State have expressed disappointment with the voting process of the presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday.
This was because most polling units in the state had the challenge of card readers failure.
Though the exercise was going on peacefully compared to the previous elections that were marred by violence, the failure of the card readers left sour rates in the mouth of residents.
Our correspondent reports that one of the challenges experienced during the process in the state was the late arrival of electoral materials, particularly in the southern and central zones of the state.
But the Independent National Electoral Commission promised to improve on its delivery in the subsequent elections.
In parts of Jos North, Bassa Jos East, Jos South, all in Plateau North Senatorial District, accreditation commenced early , with the Card Readers working intermittently, while pocket of challenges marred few polling units.
In some areas, the Card Readers for accreditation failed to respond.
This was reported in some areas in Plateau State.
Speaking, Adupson Samuel also expressed displeasure over the lapses of INEC in the conduct.
Samuel lamented that the card reader machines could not captured people during the accreditation time.
The Peoples Democratic Party aspirant for Bassa Jos North Federal Constituency, Chris Hassan, said 60 per cent of the card readers were not working, threatening that should INEC fail to adopt manual system to capture all voters in his constituents, “No INEC officer would be allowed to leave this place.”
Hassan spoke at Kakkek Polling Unit, which had 832 registered voters but only 600 forms supplied.
Meanwhile, Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State has urged the citizens of the state to remain calm after the presidential and National Assembly elections.
The governor made the remark after casting his vote at Ladura 1 of Du District of Jos South Local Government Area by 4:30pm on Saturday.
Jang said: “I charge us all to take a moment to reflect and count our blessings one by one, first as individuals and secondly as a nation by always maintaining peace during and after election.
“It is not in doubt that our democratic journey is maturing.
“This is considering that we are witnessing one of the most competitive electioneering process in our history.”
Jang tasked Christians and Muslims and the political class and indeed Nigerians to allow developmental issues drive campaigns, interaction and objective debate, not violence as means of expression with the ultimate show of statesmanship.
He called for collective vigilance towards ensuring that the enemy of democracy is stopped.