INEC prepares 11,355 BVAS for Kogi, Bayelsa, Imo polls

11,355 Bimodal Voter Accreditation System machines will be deployed for voter accreditation on November 11 by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the governorship election in Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo states.

This was revealed by a top official of the commission who spoke to The Punch on the condition of anonymity.

According to the electoral umpire, Bayelsa State has 2,244 polling units; Kogi, has 3,508 polling units and Imo has 4,758 polling units.

It would be recalled that the presidential and National Assembly elections held on February 25, 2023, were marred by the BVAS malfunction.

However, the commission, during reviews of the 2023 polls, insisted that the deployed BVAS recorded a 98 percent success rate.

Speaking to our correspondent on Sunday, the INEC official gave the assurance that the commission would perform better in the upcoming off-season governorship elections.

He stated, “2,400 BVAS would be deployed to Bayelsa State while 5,079 and 3,876 BVAS would be used in Imo and Kogi, respectively.

“The BVAS never malfunctioned. However, we hoped to do more than what we did on March 18, 2023.”