As voting continues in various parts of the 18 local governments of Edo State, reinstated Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu and other voters of his polling unit are yet to cast their votes despite the provision of another Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, machine by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Recall that the embattled deputy governor of the state and others in his polling unit at Polling Unit 5, Ward 11, Azama Primary School, Etsako West LGA, were unable vote following the non-working of BVAS machines earlier deployed to the polling unit by INEC.
Despite the replacement of the non-working BVAS machine by INEC, however, the situation remained bad as the new BVAS machine at about 12:20 pm still did not work, thereby creating a tense atmosphere in the voting centre.
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As at 120pm, the INEC officials are still trying to get the BVAS machine to work.
However, the CCT Camera was strategically positioned virtually around the Azama voting centre, apparently to checkmate any election malpractice.
As of the time of this report, voting is yet to commence in Shaibu’s unit.
