7 February 2011
It was first reported in the Sunday Champion newspapers of 30th January, 2011
that Governor Akpabio’s aides have been mopping up voters cards from ignorant
registered voters. Giving credence to this was another report in the immediate
last edition (February 6 - page 4) of the same newspaper and news item posted on the same date by the online publication, www.thewillnigeria.com(THEWILL) - both quoted the INEC Resident Commissioner, Mrs. Maria Owi.
Mrs. Owi revealed this much when she addressed the Christian Youth Network at
the Ibom Hall in Uyo on Thursday February 3, 2011. She was quoted by the Sunday Champion thus that; “faceless individuals were going about to buy the voters cards in the State”. She told the online publication thus that; “Yes I have
received a lot of calls that persons suspected to be agents of the state
government are going about buying voters’ cards from some members of the
public. I have not been able to arrest any suspect; the last time they called
me I arrived late so I couldn’t get them but we are still at alert,” and that
the “Areas of the state where Akpabio’s men have executed their scheme with so
much intensity are Uruan, Urunuko, and Itu local government”.
A top politician in Itu local government area, who is of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), who craved anonymity told THEWILL online publication that some
women leaders are being offered as much as N10, 000 for each voter’s card they
purchase from ignorant villagers who are then handed a photocopy of their
original card...
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