661,783 PVCs Uncollected In Edo – INEC

The Edo State Office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged residents of the state who are yet to collect their Permanent Voters Card (PVC) to do so immediately.

The commission revealed in a statement on Monday, January 2, that 661,783 PVCs comprising old and new are yet to be collected in the state as of December 31, 2022.

The statement signed by the Head of Voter Education and Publicity of INEC in Edo, Timidi Wariowei, noted that 409,832 of the numbers of the uncollected PVCs are old while 251,951 are new.

Wariowei, who noted that collection of the PVCs is ongoing ahead of the 2023 general election, said the commission’s office is open from Monday to Friday, including weekends.

He said: “The uncollected old PVCs were 425,239, but 15,407 have been collected, remaining the balance of 409,832. Also, the new PVCs received were 289,931, but 37,980 have been collected, remaining the balance of 251,951.”

Wariowei further disclosed that 460 PVCs were collected on January 1, across the local government areas in the state.

He explained that the collection of PVC is ongoing on a daily basis, including Saturdays and Sundays (excluding public holidays) from 9 am to 3 pm at INEC offices across the 18 local governments.

Buhari’s Nephew, Mamman Daura Reveals Years Presidential Elections Were Rigged

Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, Mamman Daura, has revealed years in which presidential elections were rigged in Nigeria.

According to Daura, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rigged the presidential elections in 2003, 2007 and 2011. Naija News reports that Daura disclosed this in a documentary on the president titled “Essential Muhammadu Buhari.”

He claimed that President Buhari broke down during his presidential campaign in 2011 due to his experience in previous elections. Daura narrated the political journey of President Buhari and his failed move to the emerging president in the 2003, 2007 and 2011 elections.

Buhari was defeated by former president Olusegun Obasanjo in 2003, while in 2007, he lost to Umar Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan in 2011.

The president, during his campaign in 2011 said it would be his third and last attempt at the presidency. “I will not present myself again for election into the office of the president,” he said.

Daura, in the documentary, said Buhari did not break down in tears because he was worried about defeat, rather “he broke down in pity for the system (electoral) in the country.”

He alleged that all three elections were rigged because he had approached Buhari’s lawyer after the 2007 election to demand the results of some states.

Daura said, “He gave me the one for Imo State. I went over the result carefully, and I saw PDP, Yar’Adua – 25,000 votes and Buhari – 5,000, and so on. All round figures throughout. Even the winner of the election, Yar’Adua, had said the election was faulty.”

He added that the rigging prompted Buhari to enter a merger with other political parties in 2013.