- The Peoples Democratic Party in Plateau state has accused the APC of buying and destroying permanent voters' cards
- The accusation was made in Jos on Tuesday, December 11, by the party's deputy chairman, Amos Gombi
- According to the PDP, the permanent voters' cards are being sold betwen N3,000 and N10,000
As political parties prepare for the 2019 general elections, the Plateau chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of buying and destroying the permanent voters' cards of prospective voters.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Amos Gombi, the party’s deputy chairman, made the claim at a press conference in Jos on Tuesday, December 11.
Legit.ng notes that Gombi said: “Information available to us indicates that the APC is buying PVCs from voters. The voters are paid between N3,000 and N10,000 to surrender the cards. Such cards are either destroyed or cloned just to reduce the voting power of Plateau residents."
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He alleged that some cards were cloned, while others were either destroyed or rendered inoperable, saying that the situation was “a dangerous plot to subvert the will of the people”.
Gombi advised the ruling party to convince Plateau residents to vote for them instead of “adopting dubious tactics”.
Efforts to contact the APC chairman, Dabam Letep, and the publicity secretary, Chindo Dafat, proved abortive, but Mark Longyen, special assistant to Governor Simon Lalong on media and publicity, described the allegation as “false and misleading” .
He said: “The allegation is one of the antics of the PDP aimed at distracting the people from re-electing Lalong in 2019. The PDP is merely playing to the gallery and engaging in diversionary tactics to misinform and mislead the public.
“It is the PDP that is planning to buy up PVCs for reasons best known to the party. I challenge them to publish documentary evidence to prove their allegations or simply shut up."
Longyen advised Plateau residents to disregard such information, declaring that it was built on “total falsehood”.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, alleged that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was purchasing permanent voters' cards ahead of the 2019 general elections.
The former vice president took to his official Twitter page on Wednesday, December 5, to make the allegations against the ruling party.
Atiku tweeted: "This is what the APC are doing. They are buying PVCs, they will come to you and give you N10, N20, N50 to buy your PVC - they are buying your future. Do you want to sell your future? Don’t sell your PVCs because they are going to use it against you. #PDPNorthCentralRally"
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