Breaking: Conspiracy As INEC Deny Igbos, Minority Tribes their PVCs in Lagos
Following
the Issue of Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVC) by the INEC, a lot of
complaints have been recorded concerning bottlenecks in the collection
of PVCs, both on social media and help lines devoted to PVC collection.
Most Nigerians have taken to Facebook and Twitter to show their
frustration regarding the bottlenecks in PVC collection. In one of the
hotlines for people having issues with collection of PVCs, a caller by
name Ayomide has made scathing accusations against the INEC in Lagos,
using Mushin INEC office as an example.
The INEC in Mushin local
government was accused by the caller as sabotaging the collection of
PVCs by Igbos and other minorities. He stated that the PVCs are sorted
by tribe and Ward and the wards that promise high vote for the
opposition, are usually withheld. The caller affirms that the people
doing this, believe that the minorities in Lagos will likely vote for
other candidates apart from the APC in Lagos Federal Constituency 2. He
however made this discovery a week ago and made efforts to report the
case to an officer at Itire Police Station. However, the officer
discouraged him from taking up the case, citing threat to his life as an
excuse.
Ayomide during his call, stated that Wards J, B and G
have had their PVCs sorted out. He stated that “INEC is withholding the
PVCs of people from Ward J and people with Igbo names because Ward J are
filled with minority tribes and they think Igbos will vote PDP.” HE
stated that this was not the same issue with people from Ward F (Idi
Araba), who are mostly made up of Northerners whom the INEC believe will
vote for the APC.
Recall that a Twitter user tweeted her
disappointment upon being denied her PVC in Southern Kaduna because she
is a Christian. She stated that the INEC had sorted out PVCs belonging
to Christians in Southern Kaduna and were withholding them, with the
excuse that INEC had not printed their PVCs and they would be ready
after the election.
It is newsworthy to note that the INEC
Chairman has mentioned that about 14 million PVCs have been printed and
distributed across Nigeria. As such, Professor Yakubu in his press
briefing notes that every collection point, already have the PVCs of the
people who registered with them.
Source:- Thepunditng
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