Polling officials at Polling Unit 084 in Rushari Rhakubu in the Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State were held hostage until Sunday morning over faulty Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines. The presidential and National Assembly elections were suspended at the polling unit on Saturday night when voting could not continue due to hitches with the BVAS.
However, the INEC officials were released with the intervention of the Electoral Officer of Jos North, Fred Ogboji who came in to attend to the malfunctioning BVAS.
Addressing the voters, Ogboji urged them to remain peaceful and not take laws into their hands. He also said the resident electoral commissioner in the state has directed that voting continue in the area.
