Mr Mike Igini, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom says 2,045 Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) stolen in the Okobo Local Government Area of the state has been reproduced.
Igini, an interactive session with newsmen in Uyo, on Sunday said that the PVC’s would be given to the rightful owners with assurances that no one would be disenfranchised during the elections scheduled to commenced Feb. 16.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the PVCs were stolen during a mob action that occurred at the 2018 primaries at Okobo Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom.
According to Igini, the stolen PVCs would be available before the commencement of the wards registration scheduled to commence on Jan. 16 in the state.
“We produced them in Abuja to defeat those who think that doing that, they want to disenfranchise our people.
“We are printing new ones and they are bringing them this week’’.
Igini said the PVCs were stolen where they were kept for safety two months ago.
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