Barely few days to the Presidential and National Assembly elections a hunter has discovered a bag filled with thousands of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) in a forest in Akamili, Umudim, a community in the Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Penpushing reports that the hunter was reported to have stumbled on the bag containing the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) during his hunting exercise on Tuesday in a forest, and took them to the premises of Authority FM, a local radio station in the community.
The Manager of the radio station Charles Ede, confirmed the development on Wednesday, adding that some officials of the media house took the Permanent Voter Cards (PVC’S) to the Nnewi North council headquarters.
Penpushing further reports that the Manager said the council officials did not allow the station’s staff inside the premises or speak with them, explaining that they later took the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to the palace of the traditional ruler of the community.
The station official identified as Ikenna Okonkwo, in a viral video clip circulating on Facebook, said they had checked about three per cent of the entire Permanet Voter Cards(PVCs) brought by the hunter and noticed that the cards belong to people mainly from the council area.
“This is wickedness. Thousands of PVCs here. These guys (residents) have looked for their PVCS. They have lost hope (that) they have PVCs. We have heard this rumour of people trying to cut out the South-east’s voting strength’, he said.
‘We heard this rumour that they were discarding PVCs of those who are from the South-east. We saw that in Lagos (State) some months ago and we never believed it. But seeing this now is a testament. Of course, there is large voter apathy in the South-east, but then, with this wickedness that we are seeing here, it is quite obvious’, Okonkwo added.
Penpushing also reports that as at the time of filing this report, the spokesman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Anambra State, Kingsley Ikechukwu, was yet to make any official statement on the disturbing development.
The Anambra State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Tochukwu Ikenga,in response to the incident said the authorities were yet to receive the report from the concerned commission about the discovery.
Penpushing reports that Ikenga, in a statement on Wednesday, said the Commissioner of Police, Echeng Echeng, had ordered investigations into the video to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident and possibly arrest the suspects behind the act.”
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