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An
elderly Nigerian woman validates her voting card using a fingerprint reader,
prior to casting her vote later in the day, in the home town of opposition
candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, in Daura, Nigeria Saturday, March 28, 2015. (AP
Photo/Ben Curtis)
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The
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has directed its officials in
Cross River to stop the use of card readers.
The
Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Okey Ezeani, said the directive
became necessary due to several complaints across the state on the card
readers.
“From
the look of things, it means we might even not use the card reader during the
other elections,” he said.
“IRS
(is) a machine, it can fail anytime. Instead if disenfranchising voters I have
directed them to stop using the card readers.”
Meanwhile,
some electoral officials in charge of Akam Ward in Ikom Local Government Area
are said to have absconded from their polling unit.
The
officials reportedly fled the polling units amidst reports that there were
plans to lynch them and do away with the electoral materials by agents of a
political party.
Despite
restriction of vehicular movement across the state and heavy deployment of
security operatives, there are fears across the state of safety of voters.
At about 1:15 p.m., voting had commenced across
many polling units in the state.
However, in Obubu, the PDP governorship
candidate and senator representing Cross River North, Benedict Ayade,
complained of late accreditation. As at 2 p.m., voting was yet to commence.
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