#OsunDecides2018: PDP buying voters cards, cloning PVCs, APC alleges

Ahead of Thursday’s governorship rerun in Osun State, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has alleged that chieftains of its main rival in the election, the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) have been buying Permanent Voters Cards from prospective voters and equally cloning same item.

A statement by its national publicity secretary, Yekeen Nabena called on security agencies to move against the PDP members whom it accused of desperation to foist itself on the people of Osun state.

The statement read in part: “As a follow-up to our earlier statements on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) plans to rig Thursday’s Osun State governorship rerun election, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has received fresh reports from our field agents on the ongoing cloning of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) by PDP agents.

We view this development as bizarre and a sign of the desperation of thePDP to takeover Osun State by all illegal means.

While we call on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to urgently investigate the development and promptly arrest persons behind the cloning, we strongly advise INEC to ensure that its voters’ register is not tampered with.

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.

Commendably, the police already have in its custody aPDP stalwart who led other PDP leaders to buy up voters cards ahead of Thursday’s governorship rerun. There, however, remains much to be done to ensure the credibility of the forthcoming rerun election.”