INEC receives 320 PVCs found in the Bayelsa building
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The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday received a total of 320 permanent voter cards, which were found in an unfinished building in Bayelsa State.
The PVCs were brought to the INEC office in Yenagoa by some members of the Nigerian Hunters Forest Security Service headed by the State Commander, Mr. Moses Okanu.
He said his men discovered the PVCs, which were kept in a bag in the abandoned building along the AIT-Elebele road, while on a routine patrol in the bushes of Azikoro village to the Elebele region.
He said thugs, who were in the building, escaped through the windows upon seeing members of the security organization.
Okanu, while handing over the PVCs to the State Administrative Secretary of INEC, Mr. Okop Umobong, said, “We were able to enter the building and we saw the voter cards.
>"Knowing full well that this is government property, and the only authority empowered or authorized by law to keep PVCs in their custody is INEC. So we collected it and decided to bring it to INEC."
The INEC Administrative Secretary of State commended the security group for its vigilance and its decision to return the 320 PVCs to the electoral arbiter.
Umobong said the cards would be subject to scrutiny by the commission's information and communications technology department to verify whether they were cloned cards or belonged to genuine voters in the INEC database.
He further stated, "They (the ICT department) will also determine whether the cards are discarded cards or from the printing process; some cards may actually be defective due to printing.
>"They will also investigate the circumstances that led to the discovery of the maps in the location where they were found."
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The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday received a total of 320 permanent voter cards, which were found in an unfinished building in Bayelsa State.
The PVCs were brought to the INEC office in Yenagoa by some members of the Nigerian Hunters Forest Security Service headed by the State Commander, Mr. Moses Okanu.
He said his men discovered the PVCs, which were kept in a bag in the abandoned building along the AIT-Elebele road, while on a routine patrol in the bushes of Azikoro village to the Elebele region.
He said thugs, who were in the building, escaped through the windows upon seeing members of the security organization.
Okanu, while handing over the PVCs to the State Administrative Secretary of INEC, Mr. Okop Umobong, said, “We were able to enter the building and we saw the voter cards.
>"Knowing full well that this is government property, and the only authority empowered or authorized by law to keep PVCs in their custody is INEC. So we collected it and decided to bring it to INEC."
The INEC Administrative Secretary of State commended the security group for its vigilance and its decision to return the 320 PVCs to the electoral arbiter.
Umobong said the cards would be subject to scrutiny by the commission's information and communications technology department to verify whether they were cloned cards or belonged to genuine voters in the INEC database.
He further stated, "They (the ICT department) will also determine whether the cards are discarded cards or from the printing process; some cards may actually be defective due to printing.
>"They will also investigate the circumstances that led to the discovery of the maps in the location where they were found."
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