BVAS Has Curbed Exaggerated Election Results- Igini

Mike Igini, a former resident electoral commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akwa Ibom, says the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS) functioned optimally in the presidential election.

There have been concerned around BVAS due to them glitches reported during the presidential poll.

In a television interview  Tuesday, Igini said it is incorrect to say BVAS failed.

The former INEC REC said findings from an ongoing review of previous elections showed that the BVAS significantly reduced exaggerated figures from being uploaded.

“The BVAS as I said and I will repeat and reiterate here, that the BVAS functioned, the BVAS delivered, the BVAS won,” Igini said.

“It’s grossly incorrect to suggest that BVAS failed at the just concluded presidential election.”

Igini added that the BVAS put an end to the “invidious figures that were posted in several parts of the country” in previous elections.