president Jonathan accreditation

Otuoke, Bayelsa: As Nigerians vote their Presidential and senatorial candidates today, the Nigerian president was left with shock as he could not get accredited at the polling booth in Otuoke. The president who went to the polling booth with his wife this morning, Patience Jonathan.

According to reports on Channels Televison, the president went to the polling booth to get accredited, but to his shock, the president was not accredited by the PVC card reader. It was said that the president was shocked and told other electorates waiting to be accredited to not worry. He said everyone should try and get accredited before leaving the booth.

                 polling booth

Since the president could not use the PVC card reader to be accredited, INEC officials called Professor Jega on the phone immediately, some instructions were given to the INEC officials in Otuoke who used the PLAN B set aside for only special people with problems with their card readers. The registration was done manually.

The wife of the president was accredited without issues. 

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