The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed this weekend’s proposed governorship and State Assembly elections to March 18, 2023. It rose from several hours meeting hinging the postponement on its inability to promptly commence the reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines used during the February 25 presidential election to enable it use them for the state elections.

Barr. Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Head, Voter Education disclosed the postponement in a statement issued yesterday. It said that the postponement was inevitable as the Commission needed enough time to reconfigure the BIVAS for the Governorship and House of Assembly elections earlier scheduled for Saturday, March 11, 2023.

INEC was earlier restrained from tampering with the information embedded in the BVAS machines until due inspection was conducted and Certified True Copies (CTC) issued to candidates challenging the outcome of the presidential election. The Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC), sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, had on Wednesday, gave INEC the nod to reconfigure the BVAS machines used for the presidential election.

Source: Drumnewsonline