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Source: http://dailyindependentnig.com/2015/02/police-arrest-suspects-13-000-pvcs-benue-benin/

By Tor Vande-Acka (Makurdi) and Francis Onoiribholo (Benin City)

The Benue State Police Command has arrested two suspects with about 13, 000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in Makurdi, the state capital.

The police made the arrest on Thursday based on a tip off.Also, seven persons suspected to be members of one of the leading political parties were, on Thursday, arrested at Oba Market, Benin City, for allegedly purchasing PVCs from market women.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Mike Igini, who confirmed the incident to journalists, raised an alarm that politicians, who are in collaboration with ICT experts, are sabotaging the efforts of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in conducting credible elections through PVC cloning.
This is even as the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of purchasing PVCs from people with a view to rigging the polls and appealed to the police to investigate seriously and prosecute those arrested.

Meanwhile, in Makurdi, Daily Independent gathered that the suspect, Aliyu Yerima, was arrested with over 4, 000 PVCs while his accomplice, Terseer Wuar, was arrested in possession of over 8,000 PVCs.

We further gathered that the police had last Tuesday arrested three other suspects for being in possession of over one thousand PVCs, while the fourth suspect who happened to be Yerima was then at large.

Daily Independent also learnt that when Waur was picked up by the police at about 6:30am along King Shuluwa road, Makurdi, he confessed that he was working with Yerima, who was waiting for him on Monday morning at a popular motor park to freight the “merchandise” out of town.

The paper further gathered that from in their confessional statements, the two suspects allegedly said they were working for someone at the Presidency.

The suspects were still in detention at the command headquarters at the time of compiling this report.

FastShipping:
PDP at work. They are desperate to hold on to power at all cost. Someone at the "presidency" is behind the purchase of PVCs going on nationwide.

Iamsynord:
13 000 PVCS..Ghost voters..