- The PDP in Edo state has indicted the APC and INEC in a series of fresh allegations in connection to the coming elections
- The opposition party alleged that INEC is secretly giving out unclaimed PVCs to the APC in the state with a view to rigging the polls
- However, the APC replied that the allegation is both laughable, untrue and is an indication that the PDP intends to undermine the electoral processes
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state is giving a lot of unclaimed Permanent Voters’ Card (PVCs) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in order to manipulate and rig the general elections.
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The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Emmanuel Alex Hart, in reaction to the allegation, said: “It is not true.”
Moreover, Timidi Wariowei, the head of voter education and publicity of the electoral body in the state, revealed that at least 2, 219, 778 PVCs were received from INEC headquarters out of which 483,868 were said to have been uncollected.
Furthermore, Chris Azebamwan, the publicity secretary of the APC in the state, refuted PDP's claim, describing it as both laughable and a plot to undermine the electoral process, with the fear that it will be defeated.
Yet, on its part, the PDP in its allegation said: “ We have it on good authority that unclaimed PVCs in Edo State were secretly given out by INEC in the state to chairmen of the 18 local government areas with a view of rigging the elections.
"We have evidence to this effect. PDP supporters were denied the collection of their PVCs and were tossed here and there by INEC officials. Most of them were referred to the private residences of APC leaders where most of them claimed their PVCs.
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“Again, the claims by INEC that sensitive electoral materials which included result sheets were not in the Benin City branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is false. They were put in the private residences to be used for their staggered elections in 10 states that included Edo State.”
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that Atiku Abubakar, the PDP'S presidential candidate, alleged that the postponement of the general election by INEC was “obviously a case of the hand of Esau but the voice of Jacob.”
In a statement released in the early hours of Saturday, February 16, Atiku blamed the postponement of the elections on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, saying the government had "more than enough time and money to prepare."
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