Bayelsa poll: APC denies allegation of manipulating BVAS

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State has denied an allegation that its candidate in the just concluded governorship election, Timipre Sylva, has employed Information Technology (IT) specialists from Lagos to manipulate the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) to manipulate the results already announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

A group in the state, ‘Niger Delta Democratic Watch’, had on Thursday raised an alarm that Sylva was working to manipulate the result of the last election in order to present it before the tribunal.

But the Publicity Secretary of APC in Bayelsa State, Doifie Buokoribo, in a statement described the allegation as irresponsible, incredible and laughable, saying It was a product of fear, desperation and hysteria.

“Although the statement is attributed to a certain group, named Niger Delta Democratic Watch, we are aware that it is being circulated from Government House, Yenagoa, by aides of the embattled Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, who knows he did not win the last election.

“The election has since ended, and the BVAS machines are with INEC. So the question of Sylva camping people in Lagos or anywhere to reconfigure BVAS machines for a process that has already been concluded does not arise. It simply does not make sense,” he said.