The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended voting in the Anambra State governorship election till Sunday, November 7.
Announcing this to newsmen, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Nwachukwu Orji, said this is to enable those who could not cast their votes on Saturday, November 6, due to the malfunctioning of the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BIVAS) machine, to do so.
Mass failure of the machines was recorded during the voting exercise today November 6.
Orji said the closing of voting had been shifted from 2.30 p.m. to 4 p.m. after and that the exercise will continue on Sunday in units where voting could not hold.
He said the machines suffered software hitches, adding that the commission’s engineers were working to rectify the problem.
The INEC Commissioner stated that materials did not arrive on time at some polling units because some drivers and ad-hoc staff failed to turn up.
The Anambra State governorship election was keenly contested between the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Andy Uba, All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Prof. Charles Soludo and Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP
