Edo election: Faulty BVA machines disrupt voting in Benin

Malfunctioning of Biamodial Voters Accreditation (BVA) machines has disrupted voting ongoing governorship election at Ikpoba Okha, Ward 7, Unit 39 in Benin, the Edo State capital.

The voting process, which started at about 8 a.m., came to a halt some minutes later.

The unit located inside Ologboshere Primary School has 838 registered voters.

However, voting in other units within the school was going on smoothly.

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An ad-hoc Independent National Electoral Commission official at Unit 39, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said INEC had been informed about the faulty BVA machines.

“We are waiting for another BVA so that the process could not be adversely affected,” he said.

An elderly woman at the unit, Helen Osagie, commended the peaceful environment and called on INEC to replace the faulty machines on time.

“INEC should act fast to replace the faulty machines in order not to disenfranchise most of us at the polling unit,” Osagie said.

Paul Eromosele, who voted at Ward 7, unit 39, commended the peaceful process.

“For now, there is peace here and everything is okay. I voted and it was not stressful and we pray the exercise ends peacefully,” Eromosele said.

The Star