The z-pad, a new innovation introduced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to serve as a secondary means of achieving full biometric accreditation of voters, using facial image, will no longer be used for the Saturday Edo State governorship election. The Commission disclosed that the piece of technology, which was deployed in the Nasarawa State bye-election to test-run it’s functionality, had both hardware and software issues. INEC National Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, while announcing the decision to drop the z-pad, noted that, “the atmosphere in Edo State ahead of the election this weekend is already charged”, adding that, “we cannot