The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Ebonyi State, Mr. Eze Nwachukwu, on Saturday, cautioned voters against selling their Permanent Voter Card or exchanging them for employment.
Speaking in Isiaka town while inaugurating an eight-man Continuous Voter Registration mobilisation committee for the Ivo Local Government Area of the state, the APC boss said he received reports of some people luring voters to part with their cards.
Nwachukwu said, “We heard that some people are going around, allegedly collecting PVCs from unsuspecting owners, in exchange for employment in the state civil service, and for government-sponsored empowerment programmes.
“Please, do not exchange, sell or give out your PVC for any reason because that is the only power and right available to you as a citizen, to freely participate in choosing your leaders. Selling and buying of voter cards is a crime; if you give out your PVC, you have surrendered the power, right and privileges conferred on you by the constitution to exercise your franchise.”
The News Agency of Nigeria quoted him as urging the people to report anybody who indulged in the act of collecting, buying, selling or hoarding voter cards to the police.
He also called on members of the committee to communicate with the leadership of the party in all the wards to ensure that members were mobilised to register and collect their cards.
