This voter-user verification technology had been deployed in the off-cycle governorship elections in Edo, Osun and Ekiti, adjudged as credible.
INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu on Thursday reiterated that votes cast by the electorate would determine the outcome of the 2023 general elections.
“Apart from the constitutional infraction, the list of the nominees has been challenged on the ground that some of them are card-carrying members of the ruling party.”
The Machina machination is just a test run, which will be replicated and mass-produced if it succeeds.
Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour polled 111 votes to defeat his opponent Mashood Salvador in the just concluded Labour Party substitution primary on Wednesday.
Mr Yakubu assured Nigerians that INEC has no preferred party or candidate as Messrs Abubakar of the PDP, Obi of Labour Party and Tinubu of APC seek to succeed Mr Buhari.
The CSOs urged INEC to magnanimously consider extending the deadline for the exercise in favour of the 2023 general elections.
On the technology already in place for future elections, the INEC chairman said: “We are confident that the BVA machines will function optimally during the 2023 elections.”
“The gunmen fired sporadically into the air to disperse registrants and registration officials.”

INEC said candidate nomination portal for 2023 general elections would be shut down at 6:00 p.m on June 17 for national elections and 6:00 p.m on July 15 for state elections.
