by Ranti Joseph

The Minister of Police Affairs, Jelili Adesiyan, said there is nothing wrong with the use of electronic card readers for the forthcoming elections, provided the intention behind it is not to disenfranchise some voters or to rig the election.

Adesiyan said this in Osogbo on Thursday at the campaign rally to drum support for President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election and other candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the coming elections. Wife of Vice President, Hajia Amina Sambo, attended the campaign.

He said there was nothing wrong in the introduction of technology into the electoral process in the country, stressing that it is not aimed at giving some candidates undue advantage over others.

“It is good to have card readers for elections provided it is well intentioned. During the last year governorship election in Osun State, they cloned PVC from Lagos and used them here. But with the card readers such will be impossible,” Adesiyan said.

He urged voters with complain about the card reader on Election Day to ensure they collect incident forms from the INEC officials to enable them cast their votes assuring the electorate that none of them would be disenfranchised during the poll.