Abia election: I benefited from BVAS, cash crunch – Abaribe
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe of Abia on Monday counseled the introduction of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS.
The outmoded Senate Minority leader furthermore stated the money crunch triggered by the cashless protection stopped authorized vote searching for out.
Abaribe spoke in Abuja at a seminar organised by the Media Academic Development Initiative for Africa, themed “Peace Journalism and Consolidation of Democracy in Nigeria.”
The outmoded deputy governor expressed gratitude to God that he survived the Peter Obi tsunami within the Southeast which retired some politicians.
“I benefited from BVAS. The technology modified into right, the single subject is that we now delight in to pick out up rid of human interference,” the lawmaker stated.
The Fair Nationwide Electoral Price, INEC, restful faces criticisms over the malfunctioning of the machines in some polling devices.
Abaribe defeated Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of the Peoples Democratic Occasion, PDP, to get hang of the February 25 Abia South senatorial election.
He polled 49,693 votes to defeat Chinedu Onyeizu of the Labour Occasion, LP, who scored 43,903. Ikpeazu obtained 28,422 votes but rejected the outcomes.
