Yekini Nabena, the former Deputy Spokesman for the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called upon the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to inform the Nigerian populace about its intentions regarding the utilization of the bimodal voter accreditation system and INEC result viewing portal for the upcoming Bayelsa governorship election. This concern arises just six weeks before the November 11 gubernatorial poll in the state.
Nabena, who serves as the Secretary of Media and Publicity for the Bayelsa National Gubernatorial Campaign Council, emphasized the importance of promptly clarifying the election guidelines to prevent confusion on the day of the election.
The state campaign train, under the leadership of the APC National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, was officially launched on Friday. Its primary objective is to mobilize support and secure the victory of the party’s gubernatorial candidate, Timipre Sylva, in the November 11 election.
He said: “First and foremost, the security system should be focused on Bayelsa State. And INEC should come out plain this time. Is it BVAS or we just do whatever we want to do while INEC take it from there? There is no clear direction. We don’t want to do one thing only for INEC to come back and do what they like. They are telling us INEC said they don’t have power to transmit.
“INEC must have a clear direction so that voters will know this is the system so that everybody can protect his votes. Not that somebody will go to Government House and write these things for INEC. So let them tell us, are you going to transmit the result from polling units? Are you going to use BVAS? Tell us from day one.
“Let there be a guideline and an understanding that this is it. Not the one court will say INEC can come up with anything they want. Politics is the biggest business in the world.”
