The People Democratic Party in Plateau state has called the authorities to swiftly move as to fastball a breakdown of law and order over what it perceived as PVC fraud which it alleged was to fave the candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress APC Candidate, Nentawe Yilwatda.
The PDP made this known through a statement from its Plateau State Party Publicity Secretary, John T Akans, on Friday 9th September 2022 in Jos the Plateau Capital.
Akans in his statement said that Mahmoud Umar the Plateau State head of ICT of Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC ) who before now was in Benue State heading the Same office and was working directly under the APC Governorship Candidate Nentawe Yilwatda
“The Peoples Democratic party’s attention has been drawn to a grievous fraudulent and criminal act planned by the Plateau State Government through Mahmoud Umar the Plateau State head of ICT of Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC ) who before now was in Benue State heading the Same office and was working directly under the APC Governorship Candidate Nentawe Yilwatda. We reliably gathered that Nentawe single-handedly facilitated his redeployment to Jos to achieve his unpopular aspiration.”
“This fraudulent and misleading act is being coordinated by the office of the Secretary to the State Government of Plateau State by demanding permanent voters cards (PVC) from innocent, ignorant, and desperate job seekers (electorates) in exchange for either employment or chicken change as the case may be. It is important to let the general public particularly those seeking work and the Civil servants who have fallen victim to this nefarious act know that there is no correlation between an applicant and even a worker and their PVCs as this only confirms that the APC government is hell-bent on rigging the forthcoming elections since it is their only option and a well-known stock in the trade having lost legitimacy and relevance due to their dismal performance.”
“We are raising this alarm over this nefarious act being perpetrated by Mahmoud Umar INEC head of ICT (who supposedly is to be neutral) in conjunction with Plateau State Government to compromise the 2023 general election. We want to alert the Police and other relevant security agencies to arrest this situation by calling Mahmoud Umar to order as a means of forestalling a breakdown of law and order because people are more enlightened than he thinks and the people are ever ready to defend their constitutional rights.”
“Finally, we call on the electorates in the State to be weary of giving their details and/or their PVC’s to any individual, corporate, or Plateau State government agency, because this is a sure way of mischievously being disenfranchised.”
“Your PVC is the only surest means of electing credible leaders at all levels and citizens should not trade their future to racketeers under any guise.”
“Mahmud Umar and your cohorts be warned!!”
The statement from Akans reads.
