PVCs Burnt By Hoodlums Will Be Reproduced- INEC Assures
AFNews Reporter
Nov 29, 2022
Mike Igini, a former Akwa Ibom State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) has assured that the electoral umpire will reproduce all Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) burnt by hoodlums during attacks on its offices.
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This is as there has been a spike of attacks on the commission's offices with the recent in Izzi local government area of Ebonyi, yesterday where several PVCs and other electoral materials were destroyed.
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Igini stated during an interview on Tuesday on Channels Television's Sunrise Daily that the attacks on its offices across the country are attacks on democracy but said that non-state actors can't stop the conduct of the 2023 general elections.
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He also said the electoral commission will reproduce all Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) burnt by hoodlums during attacks on its offices.
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However, Igini said INEC has the information of all PVCs at state and national offices and it won't take it days to reproduce them.
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"INEC has the capacity to respond to these challenges, particular in respect to the PVCs that have been burnt. INEC has the number of all the PVCs...It is a matter of days, INEC will produce those PVCs,ÔÇØ he said.
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He urged Nigerians not to be discouraged but to ensure they get their PVCs and exercise their franchise in the next general election.
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The former REC also decried the inability of security agencies to bring perpetrators of violent attacks on INEC offices to book.
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"Why should extra-constitutional actors, why should non-legitimise actors continue to attack INEC. It is an attack on democracy. My pain is that we have not been able to track anybody.
"It is a big challenge to all security agencies in this country that for these years, we have been unable to track those who attack our democracy.
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"Look at what happened in the US, all those who attacked the Capitol Hill have been brought to book everyday but here we are in a state of anomie,ÔÇØ Igini stated.
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— AFNews Reporter