“Why BVAS will not be released for Oyo LG elections” – INEC

Dr Adeniran Tella, the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Oyo State, announced on Friday that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) will not be made available to the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) for the upcoming local government elections scheduled for April 27.

Tella made this statement in Ibadan during a conversation with NAN on the sidelines of a quarterly consultative meeting with civil society organizations in the state.

He explained that BVAS contains sensitive voter data and it is the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that BVAS should not be released for local government elections.

“What OYSIEC needs for the election is the voter register and this has been given to them. The voter register will allow the state electoral body to know the number of registered voters and those who are eligible to cast their votes during the elections.

“But BVAS is meant for the general elections and they are sensitive devices that we can not afford to toy with”.