The senate president’s candidacy has been a subject of controversy in the past few months.
INEC was reacting to claims by some Nigerians that they were denied the opportunity to complete their online pre-registration during the CVR.
The judge, who said the electoral umpire acted illegally, said the commission lacked the power to have disqualified the second plaintiff (Mr Akpabio).
The Machina machination is just a test run, which will be replicated and mass-produced if it succeeds.
Those who registered between January and June, would get their cards in October, while November is for those who registered from July 1 to July 31.
INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, said that the BVAS would be deployed in the 176,000 polling units across the country.
“The gunmen fired sporadically into the air to disperse registrants and registration officials.”

“We will not allow retrogressive elements to sabotage our efforts.”
The electoral body in a statement asked Mr Machina to go to court over his dissatisfaction with the refusal of APC to submit his name.
Mr Okoye assured that the election would be free, fair and transparent.
