2,000 PVCs seized from expatriates in Lagos

There are fears in Lagos yesterday over high volume of foreigners holding Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC).
This is just as INEC disclosed that 1.5m PVCs had not been collected.

Lagos State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Sam Olumekun, at a stakeholders’ meeting, said the total number of registered voters, including 700,000 newly registered voters, stood at 6,609,115.

However, it emerged that among the registered voters were nationals of Cameron, Chad, Niger, among other neighbouring countries.

Thousands of them were identified by the state command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) during different raids.
The Deputy Comptroller of Immigration in the command, Owoeye Rufus, said 2,000 PVCs had been seized from expatriates.
Rufus said some of those apprehended claimed they were from Sokoto and Maiduguri, but that through their training, immigration officers were able to detect their actual nationalities.

Rufus explained that because most of them bore similarities with Nigerians, the electoral officers might not be able to identify them.
He noted that there was an influx of Togolese and Beninese in Yaba area, adding that the local government authorities in should help INEC fish out the expatriates collecting PVC.

“We told some of them in Yaba that we are not sending them away, but they are collecting PVC, which is wrong, as they are not eligible to vote. We are ready to seize as many as possible,” he assured.
The REC said the INEC would partner with all stakeholders to stop the trend.
Taking into consideration the new registrants, the REC said the commission would create additional voting points ahead of the 2019 elections.

He said the state currently had 8,462 polling units; 3,667 voting points; 245 wards and 62 political parties which would participate in the elections.

Given the huge number of uncollected PVCs, he assured that the commission would extend PVC collection at ward level while registered voters could still continue to collect the card, saying, “Collection of PVC will continue until shortly before the elections.”

Source: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/2000-pvcs-seized-from-expatriates-in-lagos.html

Wonders. The events in remote northern parts of the country where locals allow multiple registration in certain party/candidate stronghold has only emboldened election machineries across the nation to follow suite.

This is just tip of the iceberg.Police, Customs, Civil Defense Corps, Immigrations and the new employed Buhari's Inlaw Nat.Border Commission Chair are all useless.

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Matters arising.....

So all the noise about getting PVC is just a waste of time? They already have their own PVC.

This happens everywhere, especially in the rural areas. INEC officials collude with politicians from different political parties to hand over PVCs that were not collected from certain polling units for money. On election day, such politicians use it to vote for a party after having their way with the INEC ad-hoc staffs. Though the usage of card reader has helped to reduce this practice a little bit. Both the APC and the PDP politicians are guilty of this.
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Nigeriens and Chadians(a huge percentage of the 3billion voters APC zombues normally boast with) who claim they are Northerners are the major culprits here..not just Togolese and Beninoise

If you go to Northern Nigeria, a lot of Nigeriens and Chadians have our voters card and even ID cards showing that they are Nigerians.

Now, politicians have started coaching underaged up north on voting.

This is Lagos oooooo

What do you think is happening in Kastina that is just a stone throw from Niger Repuplic? Much more Zamfara,Kaduna,Kano and others

The rigging cum 2019 elections will be the highest in the history of mankind.....

That is the work PDP who is now engaging foreigners including Donald Trump's aides

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Buhari has mastermind plans to rig this election no matter what. The best is for the people of southern Nigeria to boycott this election...
No election in Biafra and Oduduwa land

Even shoemakers are expatriate

It happen everywhere, The INEC and other relevant authority should take note... By the time money exchange hands now, even the collected PVCs will be use by another person.

wow so what did they plan to do with those now ehn,this country sef


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Only Lagos?

That one na normal stuff nah.

I know Ghana boy for Enugu wey get PVC n he voted for buhari in 2015.











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