INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, speaks during a briefing in Abuja on February 20, 2019.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says card readers will shutdown automatically by 10PM on the day of elections.
INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja during a briefing on the progress made by the commission following the postponement of the general elections.
He said, “They (the card readers) are configured to specific polling units and only open for use at 8AM on the Election Day; they will automatically shut down by 10PM in order to forestall any illegal use of the card readers before the appointed time for elections.”
Professor Yakubu explained that the card readers were introduced in 2015 to facilitate the accreditation of the electorate using the Permanent Voter Cards (PVC).
[7:36 AM, 2/21/2019] King David: Court Insists Usani Remains Cross River APC Governorship Candidate
Updated February 20, 2019
Appeal Court Insists Usani Remains Cross River APC Governorship Candidate
A file photo of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Usani.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar has refused an oral application by a faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State for a stay of execution of a Federal High Court judgement recognising the state executive committee of the party led by Etim John.
Justice Mojeed Owoade who delivered the lead judgement on Wednesday ordered all parties to maintain status quo, pending the determination of the appeal filed by the faction of the party led by John Ochala against the judgement of the Federal High Court.
He, however, granted the Ochala faction of the party leave to appeal the judgment of the Federal High Court.