Nigeria, June 20 -- A former presidential aide and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Babafemi Ojudu, has voted at his polling Unit 09 in Ward 08, Ado-Ekiti Local Government Area of Ekiti State.

In a Facebook post on Saturday, Mr Ojudu, a former senator, alleged that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines initially failed to capture him at his polling unit on Saturday.

The APC chieftain urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to intervene in the matter.

"INEC, this is unacceptable. I am the first voter in my polling unit. Nearly 30 minutes after accreditation began, your equipment has still failed to capture my details," he said of the BVAS machine.

Continuing, the politician: "If the ...