EU observers flag delayed voting, BVAS challenges in Osun election

The European Union Support to Democratic Governance successful Nigeria Election Observation Hub (EU-SDGN EOH) has identified delayed commencement of voting, challenges with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), and gaps successful predetermination logistics arsenic immoderate of the large issues observed during Saturday’s Osun State governorship election.

The Hub said it deployed 823 accredited observers crossed the state’s 30 section authorities areas to show the election.

Presenting the Hub’s preliminary election-day connection successful Osogbo, the enforcement manager of the International Press Centre (IPC), Lanre Arogundade, said observers monitored the opening of polling units, availability of predetermination materials, elector accreditation, turnout, information of women and persons with disabilities (PWDs), security, and different aspects of the electoral process.

According to the Hub: “Out of the 823 polling units wherever our observers were deployed, polling officials with a implicit complement of some delicate and non-sensitive materials were contiguous successful 726 polling units.”

The observers besides reported delays successful the commencement of voting successful immoderate polling units.

They called connected the Independent National Electoral Commissio...