- Mahmood Yakubu, former Chairman of INEC, explained that the voter certification machines used during the elections operate offline and do not require an internet connection to verify voters, noting that internet is only required when results are uploaded later.
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmoud Yakubu, has shed light on the workings of the voter certification machine during Nigeria’s elections.
Yacoub explained that the Dual-Mode Voter Authentication System (BVAS) used on election day does not rely on an internet connection to verify voters. According to him, the device is designed to operate offline during the certification process.
He noted that the machine stores necessary voter data locally, allowing it to identify and authenticate voters through fingerprint or facial recognition without needing to be connected to a network.
“The Election Day machine does not rely on the Internet to authenticate voters, it can work offline,” Yakub said.
He further explained that an internet connection would be required only later, especially when the election results are uploaded to INEC servers after the voting is completed.
In other news… A Nigerian nurse has shared a heartbreaking experience from her workplace, recounting the tragic moment a man lost his wife and newborn baby during childbirth after waiting 14 years to become a father.
The nurse, who goes by @paucia on X (formerly Twitter), said the emotional incident happened as her husband stood outside the delivery room fervently praying for a smooth delivery. According to her, the man expressed his gratitude to God and believed that his long-awaited dream of fatherhood had finally come true.
What he didn’t know was that a tragedy had already occurred in the ward. The nurse revealed that both the woman and the baby died during childbirth, while the husband continued to pray outside, unaware of the devastating loss.
She described the moment as one of the most painful experiences of her career and said it was extremely difficult for her to watch the man happily pray while knowing he was about to receive heartbreaking news.
Looking back on the incident, she wrote:
“Watching the husband praying outside the delivery room while his wife and baby were dead. He said, ‘Lord, after 14 years you finally did it, finished it, brought shame to them.'” Oh my God, I’m so heartbroken right now. The saddest day at work. I kept watching him pray through the window, knowing he was about to receive the worst news of his life. There is joy in his prayers. Oh my god. “
