14,000 PVCs Snatched By Hoodlums In Rivers – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that over
14,000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) have been snatched by hoodlums from its officials
during the collection exercise in Rivers State. The state Resident Electoral Commissioner
(REC), Mrs Gesila Khan, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Port Harcourt, on Friday.


According to Khan, some of the cards were stolen from collection centres in some local
government areas, where the PVCs were deposited to enable the owners have easy
access to them. While it would mean that the owners would be disenfranchised, Khan expressed no panic, as she noted that the stolen cards would be
useless. The card reader system would be used to authenticate and verify the real
owner of the PVCs before they are allowed to vote.
Khan also disclosed that her office received 2,990,056 PVCs, out of which 1,869,379 had
been distributed to eligible voters in the state.
She assured that more than 50,000 additional PVCs would be distributed two
weeks before the general election, adding that over 80 percent of the registered voters
in the state had so far collected their cards. Khan also assured that the February
elections would be peaceful because of the existing cooperation among INEC officials,
police and other security agencies in the state.

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