Why INEC’s BVAS Won’t Solve Problem Of Rigging – Sowore

Why INEC’s BVAS Won’t Solve Problem Of Rigging – Sowore

Omoyele Sowore, the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, has stated that deploying the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) in the 2023 general elections will not address Nigeria’s perennial problem of election rigging.

He also stated that the country’s current insecurity poses a significant threat to free and fair elections next year, as all regions face unique security challenges.

Sowore stated this on Friday during an interview with Politics Hub, a political show on Vanguard Online TV.

During the interview, the AAC presidential candidate explained to the show’s anchor, Damilola Ogunsakin, that the Osun State governorship election in June was marred by over-voting despite the use of BVAS.

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He said, “No, I do not expect a free and fair election. It’s not the equipment that organises free and fair elections, it’s the personnel that are involved in organising elections. In the case of 2023, it (the fault) started by putting in place an INEC leadership, at the federal level, federal commissioners of people who are card-carrying members of the ruling party.”

“As a matter of fact, there was a time the President nominated his spokesperson, Lauretta Onochie to be on that board until there was some sort of outcry, and she was dropped. But that does not stop the ruling party from still putting their people there,” Sowore added.

“But for me, it’s the credibility of INEC. Even in Osun State, where they were praising themselves that they did well, the tribunal proceedings are showing that there was over-voting. There was BVAS in Osun State, but there was also over-voting in Osun state, so what are we talking about? So, why are they talking about BVAS as if it was one magic bullet that will solve the problem of election rigging?

However, witnesses have informed us that what we have in BVAS does not correspond to what they told us during the election that BVAS is a powerful technology. And the fact that they were uploading results while the election was taking place. What we know about uploading results is a popular computing jargon known as garbage in garbage out.

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