The Presidential Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, has raised an alarm over alleged plans by top politicians to buy up the permanent voter cards (PVCs) of eligible voters in the State.
Spokesperson of the campaign council, Dr. Lenoonu Nwibubasa, disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday in Port Harcourt.
According to him, the action was targeted at ensuring that Rivers people do not cast their votes for the PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar , come 2023.
Part of his statement reads,
“We inform Rivers people about a sinister plot, already hacked by top politicians in Rivers State, to buy up the permanent voter’s cards of our citizens in order to deny them the opportunity to vote.
“This is ongoing in every local government; top politicians in every local government have been briefed to ensure that they buy up voter’s cards from members of the public.
“We, therefore, want to bring this information to dear citizens of our State that under no condition, including threat and financial inducement, should you relegate your fundamental right of casting your votes in the upcoming election by selling out your permanent voter’s cards to any individual.”
“We also want to call the attention of the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Rivers State, that there is a serious plans to receive bulk PVCs during the period of distribution from various INEC offices across Rivers State capital in the guise that they will take it to the constituencies and the wards to share.
“Reports reaching us is that those PVCs will not get to the owners and they are going to seize them, ensuring that they disenfranchise Rivers people.
