February 25, (THEWILL) – Bayelsa State Governor, Sen. Douye Diri, has decried the late arrival of election materials at polling units and called for the extension of voting time.
Governor Diri cast his vote at 10:28 am at Unit 4 Kalamowei Ward 6, Sampou Community, Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of the State.
Diri, who spoke to journalists shortly after Voting, said, “Voting was delayed for about two hours, we have been informed it was as a result of the logistic problem, my plea is that they will equally extend the time that has already been wasted, about two hours that have already been wasted.
“Then, for insecurity, there is so much that has been done in terms of security, we have not heard of any major security breach, we are collating the security report, and we will deal with them accordingly to ensure that everybody is allowed to cast their votes peacefully.
“And I believe that Bayelsa will be peaceful, Bayelsa will witness one election that will be transparent, and very peaceful.”
Expressing his confidence in the use of the Bimodal Voting and Accreditation System (BVAS), the Governor said, “Bimodal Voting and accreditation is one system that took a few seconds for me to be identified, so for me, if it continues that way, it is one development that has come to stay.
“I believe we should continue with it and then move beyond BVAS because the end of it will be electronic voting and electronic transfer of votes, which we have already achieved to some lower decree. If we adopt electronic voting we may have conquered electoral fraud.”
