The total number of votes casted at polling unit 008 Awka Ward 7, Umuokpu Awka, Awka South local government area were cancelled due to a presiding officer’s error.
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According to TVC report, trouble started when the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) supervisor in charge of the area collation centre arrived the polling unit and discovered that the Biometric Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) recorded 0 voter accreditation while several people had voted.
The supervisor who spoke with ABS News off record because she was not permitted to talk to the press said she discovered that the presiding officer made an error with the BVAS system. She said this was why it did not document people who have voted.
The official noted that this will consequently lead to the cancellation of votes as the number of votes cast must tally with the number of accredited voters recorded by the BVAS.
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She further disclosed that she approved that voting continues till one hour after the scheduled time as the only option was to restart accreditation and voting afresh.
The INEC adhoc staff at the polling units informed Control TV staff that the devices seem sensitive to light and wouldn’t capture the electorates who are out in their number in Awka South LGA for the governorship election.
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