Abia Police Arrest Three INEC Officials With 10,000 PVCs
Ogbonnaya Ikokwu , Umuahia
POLICE operatives in Abia State have arrested three officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission for allegedly being in possession of over 10 , 000 Permanent Voter Cards.
It was gathered that one of the suspects , simply identified as Stella , was arrested at a checkpoint at INEC head office in Umuahia , the state capital .
Stella was said to have stuffed the PVCs in the booth of her Honda Accord saloon car with Registration No . AKD 953 FN .
It was gathered that the suspect was arrested while trying to move the PVCs illegally to a location where they were to be used to rig elections in favour of some politicians in the last Saturday’ s postponed presidential and National Assembly elections .
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state , Prof . Joseph Iroh , confirmed that the suspects were employees of INEC .
He said they were on an official assignment in Ikwuano Local Government Area before they were arrested .
Iroh added that the INEC office in the state was not contacted to properly clear them before they were taken to the police station to make statement .
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When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state , Mr Geoffrey Ogbonna , also confirmed that the suspects were arrested by the police .
He said one of the suspects claimed that she was reportedly returning the uncollected PVCs to the INEC head office before she was arrested by the police .
POLICE operatives in Abia State have arrested three officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission for allegedly being in possession of over 10 , 000 Permanent Voter Cards.
It was gathered that one of the suspects , simply identified as Stella , was arrested at a checkpoint at INEC head office in Umuahia , the state capital .
Stella was said to have stuffed the PVCs in the booth of her Honda Accord saloon car with Registration No . AKD 953 FN .
It was gathered that the suspect was arrested while trying to move the PVCs illegally to a location where they were to be used to rig elections in favour of some politicians in the last Saturday’ s postponed presidential and National Assembly elections .
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state , Prof . Joseph Iroh , confirmed that the suspects were employees of INEC .
He said they were on an official assignment in Ikwuano Local Government Area before they were arrested .
Iroh added that the INEC office in the state was not contacted to properly clear them before they were taken to the police station to make statement .
READ ALSO: Two PDP supporters killed in Ebonyi, says party chairman
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state , Mr Geoffrey Ogbonna , also confirmed that the suspects were arrested by the police .
He said one of the suspects claimed that she was reportedly returning the uncollected PVCs to the INEC head office before she was arrested by the police .
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