INEC conducts mock accreditation of voters for Imo, Kogi, Bayelsa off-cycle gov elections

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at a meeting on Monday resolved among other issues, to conduct mock accreditation of voters for the governorship elections in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi states in November 2023.

The National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, in a statement on Monday indicated that the resolution was made in line with the review of the preparations for the forthcoming off-cycle Governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states scheduled for Saturday, 11th November 2023.

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The National Commissioner declared: As was the case in recent off-cycle Governorship elections, “the Commission will conduct a mock accreditation using the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and upload of polling units results to the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV).

“The test run will take place simultaneously in the three States on Saturday 14th October 2023 from 8.30am to 2.30pm.”

Olumekun said that a maximum of three polling units in each Senatorial District have been identified across each of the three States, covering a total of nine Senatorial District and 27 polling units.

Lessons learnt from the exercise, he said, will be taken into consideration in ensuring a seamless process on Election Day.

According to the National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, full details of the polling units, including their locations by Local Government Area (LGA), Registration Area (RA)/Ward, Delimitation Code and number of registered voters have been uploaded to our website and social media platforms.

The Commission appealed to registered voters in the selected polling units to turn up with their Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) for the exercise.

INEC advised the public that this is strictly a test accreditation exercise and not the actual election.