Bayelsa: APC accuses PDP of PVCs cloning ahead election

A head of the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa state, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state has began large scale manufacturing of fake Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Yekini Nabena has alleged.

APC deputy spokesman in a statement, Friday in Abuja, said the fake PVCs have been codenamed “Biafra Card” by the PDP.

“We are receiving real time reports that the PDP, Governor Dickson and His Deputy Chief of Staff, Mrs. Ebizi Brown are manufacturing fake Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) codenamed “Biafra card” in the Government House. Some of the manufactured fake PVCs are at the residence of the Deputy Chief of Staff in Odoni Ward 8 Sagbama LGA.

“Don’t forget that during the 2019 Presidential and National Assembly election in Bayelsa state, only 22 smart card readers out of the 69 stolen by political thugs were retrieved by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

“The PDP and Governor Dickson are planning to configure the 47 smart card readers still in their possession with the fake PVCs, which they are currently mass producing. I call on our security and intelligence agencies to urgently carry out strategic raids to stop their illegal operations, retrieve the smart card readers and mop up the fake PVCs which they have codenamed “Biafra card”.

Nabena stated.

“The outgoing Governor of Bayelsa state, Seriake Dickson cannot continue to hide under the cloak of immunity to perpetuate the alleged ongoing stealing of state funds and last-minute sale of state assets, election fraud, violence, impunity against Bayelsans.

“We call on the President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently direct security agencies, anti-corruption agencies and other relevant agencies to come to the aid of Bayelsans,” the statement read.

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