INEC RAISE ALARM, SAYS POLITICIANS NOW PURCHASE PVCS TO RIG 2023 ELECTIONS

Ahead of the forthcoming 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has lamented that politicians now purchase Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, to rig and mar the credibility of the exercise. This disclosure is coming as voters across the 774 local government areas across the country troop out to collect their PVCs, a which process commenced on December 12th and is expected to end on January 27th 2023.

The Acting Chairman of INEC and National Commissioner overseeing the FCT, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Plateau states, Mohammed Haruna, raised this alarm on Monday during the launch of #YourVoteMatters project by an election observer group in Abuja. Haruna revealed that recently, the Commission convicted two persons in Sokoto and Kano states for illegally possessing PVCs. He emphasized that politicians now buy PVCs, warning voters not to sell their cards for any reason because it is a punishable electoral offence.