We don’t know for what purpose. If you want to do empowerment or training, there is no reason why you should be asking for a copy of people’s PVC.
By Deborah Hassan
365Daily – The Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, has alleged that the government of Delta State is obtaining records of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) from citizens to enable it rig the 2023 general election.
He faulted the reason given by the government that it was for a skills acquisition programme, saying there is no nexus between skills acquisition and PVCs.
Sen. Omo-Agege who was reacting to the effort by the Delta State Ministry of Youth Development to obtain Permanent Voter Cards from applicants interested in its skill acquisition programme.
The Lawmaker made these known in a statement signed by Ima Niboro, the Director, Communications and Media Strategy, Delta APC Gubernatorial Campaign Organisation on Monday, September 5, 2022.
According to Niboro, while speaking with journalists on Sunday at the Delta Central APC Leaders and Stakeholders meeting in Effurun, Omo-Agege asked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led administration “to smell the coffee, as the New Electoral Act has emplaced a new order that makes election rigging impossible.”
He continued, “Of course we are concerned. You know PDP as a party in Delta State is synonymous with rigging. They are scared of anything that bespeaks free and fair voting. But they fail to understand that there is a new electoral regime in place; and that it is going to be almost impossible to rig the coming elections. Notwithstanding they are still giving it their best shot by asking for PVCs from applicants.
“We don’t know for what purpose. If you want to do empowerment or training, there is no reason why you should be asking for a copy of people’s PVC.
“But be that as it may, we are watching. And we are determined to ensure that whatever gets in their hands will be rendered useless on election day,” he said.