Rivers State Governor, Nysome Wike has raised his concerns over the failure of the Biomodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machine deployed by the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognise him and his wife.
Wike who arrived at his polling unit 7 in Ward 9 in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area with his wife, Justice Suzzette Eberechi Wike at about 10:30 am failed to be accredited by the BVAS.
It was gathered that, after spent over 20 minutes of unsuccessful tries, a female electoral official appealed to the first family members to check back.
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She said technicians will be set to rectify the fault.
According to her, the difficulty was also being experienced in other parts of Rivers State
Assessing the exercise after a long wait, Wike described the process as a failure.
He said he is disappointed with the functionality of the machine at his polling unit.
The governor also expressed the fear that the failure of the machine could mar the integrity of the election.