PDP Asks Crucial Question on Ekiti Election Result At Collation Centre

PDP Asks Crucial Question on Ekiti Election Result At Collation Centre

  • Dino Melaye, the spokesperson of the PDP who is standing as the party agent at the collation centre, has asked Ekiti INEC collation officer to explain bypass of BVAS
  • Ayobami Salami, the INEC collation officer in Ekiti said election was cancelled in some polling units because of BVAS bypass
  • Salami further explained that what he meant by BVAS bypass is over-voting because the number of votes is higher than the number of registered voter in the area on BVAS

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Dino Melaye, the spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign council, has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collation officer, Ayobami Salami, to explain what BVAS Bypass is all about.

The INEC collation has said that some polling units were cancelled in the state because of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) bypass.

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Dino Melaye asks INEC collation officer to explain BVAS bypass Photo Credit: PDP Update
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Salami made the comment after he has announced the result of Ekiti state at the national collation centre in Abuja on Sunday, February 26, a presentation monitored by legit.ng on Channels TV.

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But Malami, who is the coalition agent of the PDP at the centre, asked the electoral officer to explain what BVAS bypass is all about in simple term.

The professor then explained that BVAS bypass means that the number of voters is higher than the number of registered voters on the BVAS.

Source: Legit.ng

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