The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo has expressed worry over the poor Internet connectivity experienced by voters in Anambra state as Independent National Electoral Commission deploys Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System
(BIVAS) machine.
Mr. Ozigbo decried that it took him over 20 minutes to cast his vote and wondered what other voters would experience in various parts of the State.
The business mogul and former Transcorp boss made the call shortly after casting his vote at Social Centre, Unit 010, Amesi, Aguata local government area.
He seized the opportunity to call on eligible voters to come out and exercise their franchise, assuring them of their security.
He further decried late arrival of materials at Awka South, Orumba North, other parts, and urged INEC officials to ensure materials get to those areas to avoid disenfranchising voters.
Valentine Ozigbo while dressing the media said, "I'm actually impressed that Amaesi Community are out in their numbers, they came back from different parts of Nigeria to get to where they are registered to execute their franchise.
"For me, If not for the delay, everything has been perfect and I'm worried that it took me that number of minutes to be able to cast my vote.
"I was hoping that I will come and just do the accreditation and go straight to voting. But it got to a point that network actually failed, we had to improvise, if we couldn't find that solution I wonder what could have happened.
"So imagine those in the locations where there may be even poor network, we need to make sure we recognize those peculiarities.
"What that means is we need to extend voting time so that we don't allow people Who are ligible not to cast their votes, it will be unfortunate.
"So I'm not only commenting on the situation, I'm appealing to INEC and all the stakeholders to exercise patience and ensure that the right people who have all their identification are cast their votes. Cause that's the only way we can truly ensure that this election will be by the people, by the greater majority."
