Osun Rerun: APC Fears PDP May Clone PVCs To Rig Poll

The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday, expressed fear that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may be scheming to rig Thursday’s rerun election in Osun State using cloned Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs).

Speaking through its acting National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, the APC accused the opposition PDP of allegedly buying voter cards ahead of the Osun rerun.

The ruling party said, “As a follow-up to our earlier statements on the PDP plans to rig Thursday’s Osun State governorship rerun election, the APC has received fresh reports from our field agents on the ongoing cloning of PVCs by PDP agents.

“We view this development as bizarre and a sign of the desperation of the PDP to takeover Osun State by all illegal means.

“While we call on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to urgently investigate the development and promptly arrest persons behind the cloning, we strongly advise INEC to ensure that its voters register is not tampered with.

“Also, we call on INEC and security agencies to speak publicly on measures being taken to stop the ongoing vote buying by PDP agents which has become widespread in the State.

“We call for calm in the face of the already tense situation caused by the PDP’s now public rigging plot.

“The Osun electorate must remain alert and resist any plot to subvert the people’s will and manipulate the rerun election.

“Commendably, the police already have in its custody a PDP stalwart who led other PDP leaders to buy up voters cards ahead of Thursday’s governorship rerun.

“There, however remains much to be done to ensure the credibility of the forthcoming rerun election,” the statement read.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared the September 22 Osun governorship election as “inconclusive” after observing that the number of cancelled votes in the poll exceeded the difference of votes earned by two of the leading aspirants in the election.