ALIEN PVCs DUE TO PERIODIC MIGRATION - OGUN INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ogun state have given details of the “alien” Permanent Voter Cards that were said to have been brought to the state by Governor Ibikunle Amosun.

It would be recalled that last week Amosun accused the commission of bringing over 600,000 PVCs whose owners were not resident in any part of the state. The governor maintained that the commission was out to disenfranchise many residents of the state from participating in the forthcoming general elections.
Addressing members of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) Ogun State chapter who staged a peaceful protest to the INEC office in Magbon area, along IBB Boulevard, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta Monday morning, the Administrative Secretary of the Commission, Dickson Atiba explained that the cards are not aliens but for those who were residing in the state during the 2011 election but has since relocated.
“There are no alien cards in Ogun state. Those cards that the governor was referring to alien cards are meant for the state. Ogun state has the largest number of institutions and some students who were here before and have completed their studies and some security personnel’s who have been transferred out of the state have their cards lying fallow with us here, who will collect it on their behalf?.
“As at the time the governor was here last week, the number was around 600, 000 plus but as we are speaking now, the number has reduced to 573,236. These numbers are those that are yet to be collected and we are not sleeping over it. We even received about 21 cards meant for Edo state and we have since returned them.