The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to extend the collection of permanent voters card (PVCs) by three days.
The party said the demand is predicated on reports that some compromised INEC officials at the collection centres are deliberately refusing to issue PVCs to owners thereby frustrating millions of registered voters.
According to its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP believes the deliberate refusal to release the PVCs is part of the wider plot by the APC to disenfranchise millions of Nigerians.
It also alleges that the plot is meant to frustrate Nigerians’ resolve to vote out President Muhammadu Buhari at the February 16 Presidential election and elect its candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
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“The PDP demands an explanation from INEC for turning back registered voters who went to collect their PVCs and directing them to come at a later date for an exercise that is programmed to end on Friday,” Mr. Ologbondiyan said.
“Information available to us shows that the APC has plans to use the uncollected PVCs to allocate votes to President Buhari.
“The PDP, therefore, calls on the leadership of INEC not to plunge the election into a needless controversy but to redeem itself by extending the closing date for the collection of the PVCs by three days,” he concluded.
