Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have claimed that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has concluded arrangements to rig the Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa through the use of cloned Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs and fake security agents.
The governor under the umbrella of PDP Governors’ Forum, PDPGF claimed that as part of moves to actualize that, the APC had brought in Indians to perfect the PVCs’ cloning.
The PDP Governors’ Forum in a statement by its Director General, Earl Osaro Onaiwu in Abuja yesterday disclosed that the Indians, numbering five, were lodged in a hotel owned by an APC chieftain in Port Harcourt, where the card cloning process was ongoing.
He said, “The APC is desperate to capture Bayelsa state as an oil-producing state which fits into the party’s inordinate ambition to take over all oil-producing states which was proposed by Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State.
“To achieve this dangerous plan, the APC brought in five Indians, all IT experts, to help them clone PVCs for the Bayelsa governorship election. We are raising this alarm so as to alert Nigerians, the INEC and the international community on the machinations of the APC against democracy and the right of the people to freely elect those that should govern them.
“The INEC must demonstrate its independence and commitment to free, fair and credible election by being vigilant and ensure that it does not kowtow to the wimps and caprices of the APC by ensuring that only authentic cards are used.”
The governors who urged the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Sunday Arase, the DSS and military authorities to guide against the infiltration of their ranks by fake personnel of the APC, said, “The Forum appeals to the Inspector General, DSS and military authorities to ensure that only real personnel are on the field on election day and not fake APC agents who are already kitted in police and military uniforms to rig the Bayelsa poll for the party.
“It is important to remind the security agencies that their failure to checkmate against any perceived illegality by the APC will seriously undermine their integrity to safeguard the people and could seriously erode the people’s confidence in the ability of the various security organs to guarantee their safety.”
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