BY AMOS DUNIA, ABUJA – The All Progressives Congress (APC), said it has received fresh reports from its field agents on the ongoing cloning of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) agents.
The ruling APC said it is part of the plot by the opposition PDP to rig Thursday’s Osun State governorship rerun election.
In a statement by its Acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Yekini Nabena, the APC said it viewed the development as bizarre and a sign of the desperation of the PDP to takeover Osun State by all illegal means.
The APC therefore called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to urgently investigate the development and promptly arrest persons behind the cloning and to ensure that its voters register is not tampered with.
Nabena further said; “Also, we call on INEC and security agencies to speak publicly on measures being taken to stop the ongoing vote buying by PDP agents which has become widespread in the State.
“We call for calm in the face of the already tense situation caused the PDP’s now public rigging plot. The Osun electorate must remain alert and resist any plot to subvert the people’s will and manipulate the rerun election.”
The party commended the police for having in its custody a PDP stalwart who led other PDP leaders to buy-up voters cards ahead of Thursday’s governorship rerun.
The APC said there however remains much to be done to ensure the credibility of the forthcoming rerun election.
