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Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission chairman Mahmood Yakubu addresses the audience on February 25, 2019 in Abuja during the presidential elections announcement. – Muhammadu Buhari got off to a winning start in his bid for re-election as Nigeria’s president, as the first result was announced today from weekend polls.
“I witnessed many cases that posed set back during the election where the card reader had rejected fingerprints, and consequently delayed the entire process,” he said. He said that manual verification of voters could pave the way for electoral fraud, leading to compromise of results.“Voters are concerned that the card readers are not working; that might cause delay and unpalatable voting process in the country,” he said.
“In Polling Unit I visited as an observer at the last elections, voting did not begin until 11:10 a.m as a result of smart card readers’ failure,” Mohammed said.
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