Rivers state chapter of the All Progressives Congress,
APC has expressed total dismay at some members of the People's Democratic
Party, PDP who made attempts to test-run cloned Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs at
various centres where the testing of the PVC readers were carried out by the
Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state.
The attempt by the PDP members Saturday was a
confirmation of the suspicions by the APC that PDP members were up to some
sneaky games when they embarked on massive purchase of PVCs from unsuspecting
members of the public throughout Rivers State since 2014. Where they could not
outrightly buy off the cards, they copied the serial number/PIN.
However, the insidious schemes of the PDP came to
light as they sent out their members to take part during Saturday's mock
accreditation.
Each of the cloned cards were rejected by the
machines. Curiously, it was not clear why the officials of INEC did not order
for the arrest of those PDP members.
In view of the disastrous failure of the PDP evil
agenda, it is expected that the clamour for jettisoning of the PVC in the forthcoming
elections will become more virulent and persistent.
“We believe that the PDP will intensify its campaign
with some mushroom political parties to either scuttle the use of the PVC or
the election itself.
“We call on the Independent Electoral Commission
(INEC) and security agencies to investigate rejected cards and their owners to
unravel what the APC believes to be part of a larger and more intricate scheme
by the PDP in Rivers State to rig and subvert the electoral process in 2015.
“Those found to be part of the plan and their
sponsors must be arrested, questioned and, if found culpable, charged to court
immediately,” a statement issued by the party after the shameful act noted.
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