2023 Elections: INEC Reacts To Claim Of PVCs Found In Anambra Forest

2023 Elections: INEC Reacts To Claim Of PVCs Found In Anambra Forest

According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), an investigation has been launched to verify claims that Permanent Voter’s Cards were recently discovered in a forest in Anambra State.

A viral video a few days ago showed a number of PVCs being displayed with the claim that they were discovered by a hunter while hunting inside the forest in Nnewi North, Anambra State.

However, speaking on Channels Television’s The 2023 Verdict on Friday, INEC’s National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, questioned the legitimacy of the claim, calling on those who have made the claim to come and provide more information on where and how the PVCs were discovered.

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“We are aware that there are some people and some forces that want to delegitimize this particular election. Now the total number of registered voters in that particular local government hovers around 250,000 but I watched that video and they were talking about millions of PVCs that were found.

“Incidentally, in that particular local government, we have almost over 99% of PVCs already collected. Now we have instructed our Resident Electoral Commissioner and Electoral Officer for that particular local government to make a report to the DSS and to the police.

“And then those people responsible for that particular incident must be invited, let them tell us where they found those PVCs, how they found those PVCs because we need to investigate and know whether the PVCs are from the Commission or whether some people cloned those PVCs in order to delegitimize the work of the Commission and also delegitimize the electoral process,” Okoye said.

Okoye, who assured that the INEC had made the necessary reports on the matter, questioned how PVCs could be found in millions for a local government with only about 200,000 registered voters.

He stated that the people who discovered the PVCs and the radio station where they were allegedly displayed should be referred to the Department of Security Services for further explanations.

“So, if the PVSc were found in millions for a local government that registered just around 200,000 then some people have a question to answer, let those who found the PVCs and the radio station where those PVCs were displayed go to the DSS and police and make a report and if they don’t make that particular report.