Against Nigerian politicians’ attitude of instigating hoodlums to snatch ballot boxes during elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has assured that the Bimodal Voter Registration System (BVAS) could be deactivated if snatched.
The INEC Deputy Director of Information and Communications Technology, Mr. Lawrence Bayode, disclosed this while speaking on ChannelsTV’s special election programme, The 2023 Verdict, on Wednesday.
According to him, the BVAS could be deactivated from the backend so that those who snatch the BVAS will not be able to manipulate votes.
“If a BVAS is snatched, we have a system in place that can deactivate that particular BVAS.
“We deactivate it so that whoever snatches the device will not be able to do anything with the device because the device pushes the accreditation data automatically on its own even without the operator pushing a button. When it is idle, it pushes that accreditation data to the backend.”
Bayode explained that the polling unit officer will report if hoodlums snatched the BVAS.
“If such a thing happens, the PO reports and from the backend, that device is deactivated so that the person who took away that device will not be able to do anything with the device,” he said.
