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.
Culled: VanguardNG
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