The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had urged the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to extend the deadline
for the collection of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) by three days.
The party made the call in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan on Wednesday in Abuja.
Ologbondiyan said the demand was
predicated on reports across the country that some compromised INEC
officials at the collection centres were deliberately refusing to issue
the PVCs to voters.
This according to him is frustrating millions of registered voters from getting their voters cards.
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The PDP believes that the deliberate
refusal to release PVCs is part of the wider plot by the All
Progressives Congress (APC) to disenfranchise millions of Nigerians and
frustrate their eagerness to elect PDP candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
The PDP demands explanation from INEC for
turning back registered voters who went to collect their PVCs and
directing them to come at a later date for an exercise that is
programmed to end on Friday, he said.
He said information available to the party
shows that the APC planned to use the uncollected PVCs to allocate votes
to its candidates.