Four Edo LGs yet to get PVCs –INEC

With two weeks to the March 28, 2015 presidential election, the Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday disclosed that it had yet to distribute Permanent Voter Cards in four local government areas of Edo State. The electoral body explained that the PVCs were meant for eligible voters, who registered during the Continuous Voter Registration exercise last year. He said the cards in the affected areas of Owan East, Owan West, Ovia South West and Uhunmwonde, had yet to be distributed because the commission had yet to take delivery of them. The state INEC Administrative Secretary, Mr. Brown Ulucha, made the disclosure while addressing some protesters at the state headquarters of the commission in Benin, Edo State capital. The protesters, who were led by the Peoples Democratic Party House of Representatives candidate for Egor Ikpoba Okha Federal Constituency, Mr. Johnson Agbonayinma, expressed displeasure over what they termed as a bias posture of the commission in the state. They also accused INEC staff, including the Electoral Officers in Egor and Ikpoba Okha councils of bias, alleging that the PVCs, which were reportedly stolen, might not have been missing.