A former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Bayelsa State, Kemasuode Wodu, SAN, has raised the alarm over possible legal issues arising from accreditation in the conduct of the oncoming general elections.
Wodu, who made a live appearance on Channels Television’s The 2023 Verdict on Monday, made a case against the use of manual voter registers by electoral officers under the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Citing Section 47 Subsections 1 to 3 of the Electoral Act 2022, he said, “By those provisions, particularly Sub[sections] 1 and 2, accreditation must be by means of a technological device or a smart card reader and INEC, of course, has complied with that by introducing the BVAS.”
He took issue with INEC’s alleged reintroduction of manual accreditation in its Guidelines and Regulations for the Conduct of the Elections, arguing that it goes beyond the procedure prescribed under the Electoral Act
