No PVC, No voting – INEC

INEC has insisted that no one can vote with their PVC.

Glamtush reports that the Director Voter Education and Publicity of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Victor Aluko, has restated that no one will be allowed to vote without their Permanent Voter Cards.

This online newspaper understands that Aluko, who was speaking on Channels Television’s The 2023 Verdict on Friday evening, said the commission had not reviewed its position, describing it as fake news, that people could approach the polling units without their voter cards.

“INEC has not reviewed that slogan. No PVC, no voting. It still subsists. And we have been drumming into the ears of Nigerians, that they should please ignore these social media posts that are circulating everywhere. Today, when our chairman was responding, he just said it’s fake news. And of course, there are a lot of fake news around today.

“At election periods like these, we should let Nigerians have the facts, the basic facts, so that it would help their participation. If you do not have the PVC, you cannot even come to our polling units. The election officials will not allow you to join the queue. And if you want to forcefully come into the place, the Presiding Officer will inform the security agencies to deal with the person.

“So, it is good that we deal with the facts, it is good that we follow what INEC has said, rather than what some fake INEC officials are saying. No PVC, no voting. PVC is at the centre of our operations.”