The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared that it has resolved the technical glitches experienced in the Anambra governorship election.
The glitches prolonged the exercise on Saturday.
INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Nkwachukwu Orji, made the announcement Saturday night.
He added that the collation of votes would commence by 10.00 a.m. on Sunday.
His words: “I’m happy to report to you that the technical glitches we experienced with our BVAS were largely solved. We thank the voters and candidates for patiently waiting for the problem with the device to be resolved.
“The report we got from our field officers and independent observers, convinced us that most voters were able to vote with the BVAS, following the extension of the voting period to 4 pm and our regulation that any voter on the queue at the time must be allowed to vote.”
He spoke further on the election: “The election is by no means over, we have now entered a critical stage of the process, namely collation of results. We have made adequate arrangement for collation of results at the registration area, local government areas and the state level.
“Results for polling units are already being uploaded in our IRev portal and registration area and the registration area collation has been progressing well.
“I’m glad to announce that state collation will commence tomorrow (Sunday) at the state collation centre. I invite those who are entitled to be present to come witness it.”
