There are sturdy indications that the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) would postponed the Governorship and State Homes of Meeting elections scheduled for Saturday, March 11, 2023.
The fee is contemplating rescheduling the train on March 18 to allow it reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines deployed for the February 25 Presidential and Nationwide Meeting polls for use for guber and state legislative elections.
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Credible sources at INEC headquarters who confided to our correspondent stated the Mahmood Yakubu-led fee is in a vital assembly contemplating the postponement.
That is coming some hours after the Attraction Courtroom sitting in Abuja granted INEC requests on the reconfiguration of BVAS), forward of the March 11 state elections.
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Social gathering had approached the courtroom to cease INEC from reconfiguring the BVAS machines used within the earlier election for the concern of tampering with the info imputed within the system.
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