Ahead of the Nov. 16 governorship election in Ondo State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday conducted mock accreditation of registered voters in Okitipupa Local Government Area of the state.
The mock accreditation exercise was to test the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and the real-time result upload to the INEC Result Viewing portal (IREV).
A visit to Unit 25, Ward 13, Oladipupo Lebi Street in Okitipupa Council area, one of the centres for the mock accreditation exercise, revealed that the exercise was hitch-free.
Although, low turnout of voters were noticed, the process was however smooth as the voters wasted no time for accreditation and the BVAS machines deployed were working perfectly.
INEC staff deployed to the centres were attending to voters on time and the presence of security personnel were noticed
An INEC official, Mr Adedayo Fakorede, disclosed that the exercise was smooth and hitch-free. He added that the voters were compliant.
“You know today is a working day and that is responsible for the low turnout of voters for the exercise, but I believe more are still coming.
“As you can see that the exercise is also smooth and hitch-free, the voters are cooperative, the INEC staff are up and doing, as well as the BVAS working perfectly,” Fakorede said.
Some of the chieftains of the various political parties present at the exercise also adjudged it a success. They urged INEC to ensure a hitch-free conduct during the Nov. 16 election.
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Femi Akinleye, told NAN that the mock exercise was going on smoothly without hitches.
On his part, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Titus Akinsulu, said that INEC has performed wonderfully well during the mock exercise.
“I only hope the smooth exercise will be extended to the day of election where there will be no hitches by BVAS and smooth accreditation,” Akinsulu said.
NAN
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