A 55-year-old voter, Sharafa Lasisi, has appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to resolve a malfunction with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, that prevented him from being accredited to vote in the ongoing Osun State governorship election.
Lasisi, who votes at Alamisi Unit 6, said repeated attempts to complete the facial verification process were unsuccessful due to network-related challenges.
Speaking on the incident, he said: “My name is Sharafa Lasisi. I am from Alamisi Unit 6. I am 55 years old. I have been to where they are supposed to verify my face, but they said the network isn’t letting the verification go through.”
According to him, election officials initially advised him to return later after the issue was expected to be resolved. However, the problem persisted when he came back to the polling unit.
“They said I should go and eat at home. I went and came back and it still didn’t go through,” he added.
Lasisi urged INEC officials to intervene promptly so that he could exercise his constitutional right to vote.
“I want them to help me so I will be able to cast my vote also,” he appealed.
The incident raises concerns over technical and network challenges affecting voter accreditation in some polling units in the Osun governorship election.