AMID fever pitch tension ahead next Saturday’s crucial presidential and National Assembly election in the country; some politicians have devised new methods to outwit the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on vote-buying and other sharp electoral malpractices. We forgive you ― Alaafin, Oyomesi tell Alao-AkalaChecks by Sunday Tribune indicated that the new methods do not include the purchase of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), which has been reported to have been on the increase across the country. A PVC, according to reports, is being sold for between N5000 and N10,000, with officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) raising the alarm on the pressure being mounted on them by some politicians to procure uncollected PVCs. However, Sunday Tribune can authoritatively report that politicians have moved beyond PVC buying to hatch a new method to circumvent due process in the coming elections. He also threatened that any INEC staff caught in such shady deal would not only be sacked, but also prosecuted in accordance with the law guiding elections.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 10, 2019 06:33 UTC