JUST IN: Thugs snatch 8 BVAS in Katsina, Delta-INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has said political thugs have snatched six of its Bimodal Voter Accreditation System BVAS in Katsina and 2 in Delta states.

INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu announced this on Saturday at the National Collation centre in Abuja while giving a preliminary report on the Presidential and National Assembly Elections.

Yakubu said; “In Oshimili LGA of Delta State, thugs attacked a polling unit and two BVAS machines were lost in the process. But again, determined that the election must continue, we were able to  replace the stolen BVAS machines, reinforce security and voting continued in that polling unit.

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“Similarly, in Safana LGA of Katsina State, thugs attacked one of our voting locations and snatched 6 BVAS machines. But again, we were able to recover and use the spare BVAS machines and reinforce security for voting to continue in that location.

“Happily, security agencies have recovered three of the BVAS machines but three are still held by the thugs. So in these locations, the target of attacks was actually the BVAS machines, no longer our ballot papers or ballot boxes”.