Voters with fake PVCs to be prosecuted–INEC
Amb. Rufus Akeju, the INEC Resident
Electoral Commissioner in Oyo State, says any voter caught with fake Permanent
Voter Card (PVC) during the general elections will be prosecuted. Akeju, who
spoke to the newsmen in Ibadan on Sunday, vowed that INEC would not allow any form of
rigging during the elections.
According to him, "Any voter who is thinking of voting
with a fake PVC during the general elections should shelve the idea now because
doing so would land them in jail." The presidential and National
Assembly elections would hold on March 28 while those of governorship and state
Houses of Assembly had been slated for April 11.
The INEC boss also said mechanisms
had been put in place by the commission to check rigging and ensure credible
elections. “For example, it impossible for anybody to steal ballot papers in
the name of rigging because there cannot be more than 750 ballot papers in any
polling unit,” he said. Akeju also said that a total of 1,563,800 PVCs had been
distributed by INEC in the state.
Voters with fake PVCs to be prosecuted–INEC
Amb. Rufus Akeju, the INEC Resident
Electoral Commissioner in Oyo State, says any voter caught with fake
Permanent Voter Card (PVC) during the general elections will be
prosecuted. Akeju, who spoke to the newsmen in Ibadan on Sunday, vowed
that
INEC would not allow any form of rigging during the elections.
“Any voter who is thinking of voting with a fake PVC during the general elections should shelve the idea now because doing so would land them in jail,’’ he said. The presidential and National Assembly elections would hold on March 28 while those of governorship and state Houses of Assembly had been slated for April 11.
The INEC boss also said mechanisms had been put in place by the commission to check rigging and ensure credible elections. “For example, it impossible for anybody to steal ballot papers in the name of rigging because there cannot be more than 750 ballot papers in any polling unit,” he said. Akeju also said that a total of 1,563,800 PVCs had been distributed by INEC in the state.
INEC would not allow any form of rigging during the elections.
“Any voter who is thinking of voting with a fake PVC during the general elections should shelve the idea now because doing so would land them in jail,’’ he said. The presidential and National Assembly elections would hold on March 28 while those of governorship and state Houses of Assembly had been slated for April 11.
The INEC boss also said mechanisms had been put in place by the commission to check rigging and ensure credible elections. “For example, it impossible for anybody to steal ballot papers in the name of rigging because there cannot be more than 750 ballot papers in any polling unit,” he said. Akeju also said that a total of 1,563,800 PVCs had been distributed by INEC in the state.
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