Few days to the election, a middle-aged man was caught with
about 25 Permanent Voters Card (PVCs) at Ugo in Orhionmwon Local Government
Area of the state
The man was alleged to have been luring people by telling
them that whosoever submits his/her PVC would be given a N200,000 empowerment
loan. A resident of the area, who was involved in the arrest of the suspect,
said: “This morning, we got information that one boy was collecting PVCs from
some people. We then decided to look for the boy. We were able to locate him as
we tracked him to get his house and 25 PVCs were found with him. The boy said
he was asked to do so by some of his leaders in Ugo.
He said he was told that anyone who surrendered his card
will be given a loan worth of N200,000. “That motivated the people to give out
their cards. We then took the boy to the police station at Ugo. They had
earlier warned him to stop what he was doing but he did not listen.” Edo State
Police Commissioner, Mr. Chris Ezike, confirmed the arrest pointing out that
the suspect would be moved and the case transferred to the headquarters of the
state police command in Benin.
He, however, said: “The information I received was that he
was caught with 10 PVC s. I have instructed that the matter be transferred to
the state headquarters. We have advised all to play by the rules Spokesperson
for INEC in the state, Mrs. Priscillia Sule, who neither confirmed nor denied
the incident, promised to contact the officials in charge of the area for
details.
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