Lebo Omini, a native of Ugep in Cross River State was not cautious when agents of the All Progressive Congress approached him to disclose his permanent voter card details and bank account on the pretense of an empowerment program by their party. Mr. Lebo, who now fears what might have happened to his information said, “they moved in groups and they came to my house. They identified themselves as agents of the APC and that they were collecting information from people in the community to empower.”
In this investigation by Ogar Monday, CrossRiverWatch has uncovered a scheme by the ruling All Progressives Congress and its major rival, Peoples Democratic Party aimed at outsmarting the Independent National Election Commission in the 2023 general election. Their agents collected the identification number on voter cards and bank details of eligible voters.
He added that “I am still wondering what the information was for because I know it’s not for nothing.”investigation revealed that this scheme of collecting PVC details in disguise did not just happen in Ugep alone, but in some parts of the state too, and has the backing of those in power. Another eligible voter who is neither a member of the APC or PDP, Mr. Onah Ogar who also resides in Okpoma said APC agents had collected PVC and personal information from voters in Okpoma.
They promised him N30,000, he said, adding that “the claim was that they needed the PVC number to verify the name on the account. So I gave it to them.” He said that “it is impossible for such a thing to come from my office” and that the party in the state does not have “resources for such ventures.”
Mr. Bisong who is also the State Inter-Party Advisory Committee Chairman added, “since it’s by the two major parties it cannot work, it’s an attempt to undo themselves.”CrossRiverWatch“It is of no value,” Obo said. “If you follow the trend of the voting system, the PVC can only be taken to the polling unit by the owner.”
“The use of BVAS, by my understanding, has rendered useless the gathering of voter card information as the case may be,” Abeng said.
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