INEC’s Deputy Director of Information and Communications Technology, Lawrence Bayode has reassured Nigerians that the Bimodal Voter Registration System cannot be manipulated.
Appearing on a Channels Television programme on Wednesday, February 8, Bayode said the BVAS will be deactivated from the backend so that the snatched device won’t be manipulated. He added that this would be done after being reported by the Polling Officer.
Bayode said;
“If a BVAS is snatched, we have a system in place that can deactivate that particular BVAS.
“We deactivate it so that whoever snatches the device will not be able to do anything with the device because the device pushes the accreditation data automatically on its own even without the operator pushing a button. When it is idle, it pushes that accreditation data to the backend.
“If such a thing happens, the PO reports and from the backend, that device is deactivated so that the person who took away that device will not be able to do anything with the device.”
