The
Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday raised the alarm
that some politicians in Oyo State were mounting pressure on the commission to
sell unclaimed 914,529 permanent voter cards in its custody to them.
The
commission said it was not giving in to such pressure aimed at rigging the
forthcoming polls because “INEC is determined to ensure that people’s votes
count in the free, fair and credible elections in 2019.”
Speaking
on the theme, “Online journalism and Media integrity in Nigeria,” Agboke
declared that some politicians, whose identities he did not disclose,
approached the commission to buy PVCs to rig the elections.
He
stated, “As far as we are concerned, PVCs are not for sale.”
The
REC assured residents of the state of smooth elections devoid of crisis in
2019, stressing that no worker of the commission would sell PVCs to any
politician ahead of the 2019 elections.
Agboke
said, “They are looking for PVCs to buy. They are looking for what is not
available because they know that these things are not available. This is the
security report at my disposal.
- Punch
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