Osun Guber: CSO demands explanation over BVAS failure during INEC mock accreditation

A civilian nine organisation, the Coalition of Concerned Nigeria Citizens, has called connected the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to explicate the alleged wide nonaccomplishment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, during Saturday’s mock accreditation workout ahead of the August 15, 2026 Osun State governorship election.

The conjugation claimed that the exercise, organised to measure INEC’s readiness for the governorship poll, encountered important method challenges astatine selected polling units crossed the state, raising concerns implicit the commission’s preparedness.

In a connection issued by the its spokesperson, Comrade Raufu Sodiq, the organisation alleged that the exercise, scheduled to commence astatine 8:30 a.m., started precocious successful immoderate polling units.

According to the statement, “many BVAS devices reportedly stopped recognising fingerprints, facial features and Permanent Voter Cards little than 40 minutes aft the workout began, preventing the palmy accreditation of eligible voters successful the affected locations.”

The conjugation described the alleged improvement arsenic disturbing, noting that a mock accreditation workout should ordinarily s...