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Plateau Elections: 300,000 unclaimed PVCs used for secret accreditation - Observers
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may have used the unclaimed Permanent Voter Cards in its possession to accredit ineligible voters for the recent Governorship and State Assembly elections in Plateau State.
Available data shows that of the 2,480,455 registered voters in Plateau State, only 2,095,409 voters collected their PVCs, leaving INEC with 385,046 unclaimed cards.
INEC had said it had deposited all the unclaimed cards at the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN for sage keep but a local observer group, Plateau Peace Movement International (PPMI) says the body used the unclaimed cards to carry out "secret accreditation at various corners" in the State.
In a Press conference, Friday in Jos the Plateau State capital, the group led by Rev. Joseph Bot also alleged that INEC hired card carrying members of the ruling All Progressives Congress party as Returning Officers.
The Officers according to PPMI "imported figures to suit their Party" during the polls.
It also accused INEC of denying Observers the chance to monitor elections in some areas while relocating certain collation centres to Government facilities including the State Government House.
"It was gathered that Quaanpaan, Shendam collation centres were translocated to somewhere in Government House, Rayfield," the group said.
Aside the swapping of smart card readers between polling centres, INEC changed result sheets and cancelled "genuine votes" in some polling units without 'tangible' reasons," Observed PPMI.
The group therefore called for the cancellation of the entire elections in Jos North, Shendam, Wase, Kanam, Qua'anpan, Langtang South and Mikang Local Government Areas.
It also called for the resignation of the Plateau State Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC,
Mr. Halilu Pai

Plateau Elections: 300,000 unclaimed PVCs used for secret accreditation - Observers

https://www.masarakimsblog.com/2019/03/plateau-elections-300000-unclaimed-pvcs.html?m=1

It's entirely possible.
In 2019 INEC under a certain Yakubu conducted the worst elections Nigeria has ever had since independence, rivalled only by that conducted by Maurice Iwu,a good 12 years ago.
Invariably INEC has taken Nigeria several years backwards than going forwards

That Window of incidence thump print, was all that was needed by election riggers to rig.

Why going electronically if it a planned work to rig the election by inec itself? Why wasting 250b when inec knows the winners before the election? Well posterity will not forgive anyone that intentionally plundered our commonwealth in the name of kangaroo's election.

tuniski:
That Window of incidence thump print, was all that was needed by election riggers to rig.

Good.both parties used it to their advantages and to devastating effects

senatordave1:
Good.both parties used it to their advantages and to devastating effects

Not good at all. Let the Sanctity of the ballot be everything not who can rig the most or has the might of violence.

Let buhari sign the electoral amendment bill now.

tuniski:
Not good at all. Let the Sanctity of the ballot be everything not who can rig the most or has the might of violence.

Let buhari sign the electoral amendment bill now.

I agree.now that he has nothing to lose,he will sign it.imfact,the law should be modified so that they would be full electronic accreditation and voting

Governor Simon Lalong of the All Progressives Congress has won the Plateau State governorship election, following the supplementary poll held on Saturday.

Lalong was declared the winner by the Returning Officer in the state, Prof Richard Kimbir, after scoring 595,582 votes to defeat 23 other candidates, including the Peoples Democratic Party standard-bearer, Jeremiah Useni, who garnered 546,813.

Kimbir stated that a total of 1,159,954 valid votes were recorded while 16,188 were rejected, saying 1,176,142 was the total number of votes cast.

The results for the nine LGAs that took part in the supplementary poll, including Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Bokkos, Jos North, Kanam, Langtang South, Mangu, Pankshin and Shendam, showed that Lalong scored 12,327 new votes, while the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Jeremiah Useni, earned 8,487. There was no cancellation of results recorded.

Source: https://punchng.com/breaking-inec-declares-apcs-lalong-winner-of-plateau-governorship-election