BREAKING: President Jonathan and his wife fail accreditation, leave polling unit

UPDATED (11:04am); Jonathan and his wife finally accredited

The INEC officials in Otuoke just confirmed to Channels TV that contrary to previous reports, President Jonathan and his wife have not been accredited, after trying 4 card readers.


 However NE gathered that other prospective voters after President Jonathan have been accredited, and they went through the process without hitches.

Mr. Jonathan arrived Polling Unit 13 at about 9. 20 a.m. He is yet to be accredited at press time as four different card readers failed to capture his biometrics.

Patiently waiting for a fourth card reader, a sweating Mr. Jonathan said he was not worried. He said he will wait as the malfunction might just be a little delay.

“President Jonathan is just one person, so if we have problem with one person, as far as the elections is going on well nationally,” he said. “I’m not worried, there might be a delay, my interest s that we conduct a credible election.”

He also said no sacrifice is too much for Nigeria. He encouraged other voters to be patient with INEC in getting their accreditation done.

The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Attahiru Jega, had said that if the card reader fails to capture a voter’s biometrics, the commission’s staff at the polling units will resort to manual accreditation.

The President and his wife have left the polling unit, and they are expected to return to try again