Standup9ja: INEC Officials Accused Of Collecting N200 For PVC Registration
Some residents of Wushishi community in Wushishi Local Council of Niger State have accused electoral officers of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of extortion, saying they now collect N200 to capture them in the ongoing Permanent Voters Card (PVC) registration exercise.
According to The Guardian, the electoral officers in that area were collecting N200 from the residents to buy fuel to power the machine that would capture people during the exercise.
It was gathered that the people of Wushishi community were compelled to pay for the powering of the machine or they forfeit their registration.
One of the residents, Aliyu Garba, said that he paid for four people from his community so that they would not be disenfranchised.
Another resident, Isah Ibrahim, stated that some of the electoral officers in Wushishi were not friendly and could not explain to the people why they should pay before being captured.
Reacting to the accusations when contacted, the Niger State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. Samuel Egwu, said: “I have never heard of it because it is not part of our process.
According to him, any electoral officer extorting money from people in the name of registration will be made to face the wrath of law.
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