The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed concern over the report on Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) allegedly hidden in a drainage system in Osun State, IgbereTV reports
A video of PVVs buried in the unidentified location appeared on social media on Thursday.
The INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of the commission, Festus Okoye, in a statement issued on Thursday, said the commission was not taking the issue lightly and had commenced an investigation on the claim.
The statement read: “We have commenced an immediate investigation and anyone found culpable in this diabolical scheme clearly intended to disenfranchise Nigerians will be sanctioned under the law. Every eligible Nigerian who registered as a voter is entitled to his/her PVC. The constitutional right to vote in any election must never be suppressed or abridged in any way.”
