Bayelsa Poll: APC Accuse PDP Of Manufacturing PVCs, Configuring Stolen Smart Card Readers

The All Progressive Congress APC has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party PDP was manufacturing fake Permanent Voters Cards PVCs and configuring stollen Smart Card Readers ahead of the November 16 gubernatorial poll in Bayelsa state.

The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress APC, Bayelsa Chapter, Mr. Yekini Nabena made the allegations.

He said the move by PDP was to rig the governorship poll in the state.

Nabena disclosed this in press statement to newsmen on Friday in Abuja.

He also stressed that the PDP had in its custody 47 stollen Smart Card Readers.

Nabena in the statement said the fake PVCs have been codenamed “Biafra Card” by the PDP and that some of them have been warehoused in the residence of a top government official in Odoni Ward 8 Sagbama local government area.

“Do not forget that during the 2019 Presidential and National Assembly elections 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 said.

He called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the security agencies to come to the aid of the people.

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