APC insists on use of card readers for
2015 polls
2015-02-13 22:25
Abuja - The All Progressives Congress
Presidential Campaign Organisation
(APCPCO) has urged the Independent
National Electoral Commission to ensure
the integrity of the forthcoming general
elections through the use of the card
reader machine to authenticate the
genuiness of voters.
This is contained in a statement released
to newsmen in Abuja on Friday and signed
by the Director of Media and Publicity of
the APC Presidential Campaign
Oorganisation, Malam Garba Shehu.
According to the statement, INEC’s
decision to use card-readers is borne out
of the need to ensure electoral
transparency and integrity.
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"We insist on the use of Card Readers for
authenticating the propriety of the
Permanent Voter Cards.
"These, in our estimation as a credible
party, remain the irreducible minimum that
must form the basis for the conduct of free,
fair, and credible elections on March 28
and April 11.
"Aside the huge financial investment
involved in the procurement of the Card
Readers, the desire to hoodwink the
Nigerian people on this anti-rigging
device, is not just subterranean but an
affront on the independence of the
electoral body.''
The statement also said that based on the
recent ruling of a Federal High Court in
Sokoto against the use of soldiers for
election duties, APC was opposed to the
use of soldiers for the elections.
- NAN