Our reporter| The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday assured that it has put in place a to deactivate the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) devices if snatched during elections.
Lawrence Bayode, deputy director of information and communication technology (ICT), who made the disclosure while speaking on Channels Television programme, Verdict 2023, said the device can be deactivated to prevent unauthorised access.
According to him, the BVAS cannot be manipulated because it automatically saves data without the operator pushing any button.
“If a BVAS (device) is snatched, we already have a system in place that can deactivate that particular BVAS (device),” he said.
“We deactivate it so that whoever snatches the device will not be able to do anything with the device because the device pushes the accreditation data automatically on its own even without the operator pushing a button. When it is idle, it pushes that accreditation data to the backend.
“If such a thing happens, the PO reports and from the backend, that device is deactivated so that the person who took away that device will not be able to do anything with the device.
“If the PO can’t report immediately, the person who took the device will not be able to do anything with the device.”
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