Card reader fails to capture Jonathan

Y FEMI FO­LARANMI, YENAGOA

Just as it happened during the March 28 presidential elec­tion, card reader again failed to capture biometrics of former President Goodluck Jonathan in yesterday’s governorship election in Bayelsa State.

The Independent Nation­al Electoral Commission (INEC) officer in charge of his polling unit had to call for a replacement after about 30 minutes of fruit­less effort to get the for­mer president accredited. Thereafter, Jonathan and his wife were accredited. However, his mother and sister were not accredited by card reader.

While the drama lasted, Jonathan, who had reported at his Otuabula polling unit 13, appealed for calm, say­ing he expected INEC to have perfected the issue of card reader, learning from the hiccups experienced in the last general elections.

He stressed the need to improve performance of card readers before the 2019 general elections.