Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has blamed poor logistics ar­rangements on the part of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the delay in commencement of voting across the state in Satur­day’s election.

Senator Diri, who stated this after casting his vote alongside his wife, Dr. Glo­ria, at ward 6 unit 4 (Kala­ma-oweiwari) in Sampou Community in Kolokuma/ Opokuma Local Govern­ment Area about 10.30am, urged INEC to address the logistics challenges.

A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabrah, quoted the governor as calling on INEC to extend the voting period to accommodate those who were delayed as a result of the logistics delay.

He, however, lauded the performance of the Bi­modal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and advo­cated that Nigeria should move to the next level by introducing electronic voting to check electoral fraud and improve the overall electoral process.

The governor also com­mended the security situa­tion in his community and parts of the state as at the time of voting and lauded the people of the state for their peaceful conduct.