Some members of the All Progressives Congress expressed concern about the proposal to use the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System in the 2023 general elections.

Senator Abdullahi Adamu the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress spoke as a delegation from Commonwealth paid a courtesy call to the party secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday, November 23. He expressed doubts that the introduction of BVAS to transmit election results in real-time would result in a fair outcome for the country in the 2023 elections.

He said that INEC must be prepared to guarantee the ruling party and Nigerians they are ready its proposed use of the technology would be shrouded in doubt.

Adamu said;

“First, I was privileged to serve as a senator. But our concern is how ready are we to deploy some of these technologies as regards transmission because we are taking a major step in transmitting election results in real-time.

“To transmit results, every part of the nation – Nigeria, I’m not sure that the network covers it, I know that even in parts of Abuja, there is no network and we have from now till February when in substantial parts of the country, there is no electricity.

“INEC must assure us 100 percent that as of when due in transmitting results, they are ready because they spoke about recharging batteries. But we heard in previous elections when it says it can’t recharge.”

The party’s National Organising Secretary, Suleiman Argungu also re-echoed the same reservation about the electronic transmission of results in the 2023 election.

Argungu said;

“As a rider to what the national chairman just said about INEC transmitting results directly during the coming elections. Apart from the issue of electricity that is unstable, a lot of the villages and communities are bordering other countries, for instance, my state, Kebbi bordering two nations during the previous elections.

“You can’t get people easily on the network of Nigeria, Glo, MTN, Airtel. If you want to get them, you have to use the number of the other countries to reach them. So, during election, I don’t see how transmission of result will work. I see it coming.”