This was contained in a statement signed Osita Okechukwu, CNPP’s National Publicity Secretary
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Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose, who said he was not against the use of any technology to ensure credible elections, added that the flaws recorded during the last Saturday test run exercise were too fundamental to be ignored
The initial cut off date was March 8
The National Commissioner of INEC, Dr. Chris Iyimoga, while disclosing the figures from the 18 polling units in Gwada ward in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, said a total number of 10,243 persons are registered voters with only a total of 1,799 with Permanent Voter Cards
A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria who monitored the exercise at Izzi Unuhu Registration Area 10, Abakaliki Local Government Area, reports that registered voters were only able to be verified
At polling units A and B opposite Christ School Boys, Ado, the presiding officer, who declined to give his name, said the smart card had been able to accredited 12 PVCs as at 8:44am, adding that it took an average of about 10 seconds for a card to be verified
The party pointed out that the fall-out from the test has vindicated earlier widespread calls by stakeholders that the card readers should be thoroughly tested to ascertain their workability for free, fair and credible elections before being deployed for the actual polls
It said the exercise was a huge success and evidence of INEC’s readiness to conduct fraud-free poll devoid of acrimonious disputes arising from flawed electoral exercises of the past
NAN reports that the exercise took place in 12 states that cut across the six geopolitical zones
The state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Edwin Nwatarali, said some of the card readers could not capture the thumb prints of electorates due to greasy or dirty fingers
This was contained in the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Daily Bulletin in Abuja on Friday
The apex court also ordered the former governor to pay N500,000 cost to the incumbent governor
The field-testing, which will hold in 225 polling units and 358 voting points across 12 wards in 12 states of the country, is to demonstrate the effectiveness of the technology, which will be used for the first time in the electoral process
Eshilokun, a former Secretary of the APC in Lagos State, had challenged the substitution of his name with that of one Hakeem Masha who, he said, lost to him in the primary election
The APC National Youth Leader, Jalo Dasuki, made the statement in Abuja at a news conference on the sidelines of a meeting of all zonal, state and national youth leaders of the party
Tommy Magbuin, the INEC’s Public Affairs Officer in the state, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri.
Fayose noted that the APC is known for its penchant for promotion of confusion and division in Nigeria for political gains, even at the expense of the well being and unity of the country
Gaya explained that the introduction of different ballot boxes could bring about chaos and could end up truncating the electoral process altogether
The INEC Chief said the test-run idea was mooted to convince Nigerians about the relevance of the smart card readers and to identify the challenges that could probably be encountered and get ready to proffer solutions to them for Nigeria to have a hitch-free polls
In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party described as very curious the fact that the PDP that rushed to the press to deny the APC’s claims quickly turned around to confirm them