Operatives of the Osun State Police Command have arrested a supervisor of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and two others.
The suspects were reported to have manipulated the ongoing distribution of Voters Cards in Osu, Osun State.
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Confirming the arrest, the spokesperson of the command, Yemisi Opalola said a total of 38 PVCs were recovered from the suspects, adding that the police have also launched a manhunt for two members of the Peoples Democratic Party, Wale Ojo, and Ijamakinwa Olaoluwa, for inducing the corps member to give a PVC belonging to a particular voter to another person.
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The statement read in part,
“On 30th June 2022 at about 1040hrs, the complainant reported at Osu Division that, on 29th June 2022, at about 1000hrs, he went to Independent National Electoral Commission office located at the Atakumosa West Local Government Area, Osu, Osun State, to collect his permanent Voter Card but could not find it.
“He consequently demanded for the register and discovered that one Orji Desmond Nkenna, a corps member attached to INEC office as an ad hoc staff in charge of Voter Cards’ distribution has collected his PVC on the order of one Wale Ojo and Ijamakinwa , now at large, both members of the Peoples Democratic Party for financial transaction.
“On receipt of the complaint, police detectives immediately swang into action and arrested the principal suspect along with the INEC supervisor to the alleged corps member, Mrs. Makanjuola Bilahu, ‘f’, aged 58 years, and one Mr. Oluwatobi Ogini, ‘m’, aged 32 years, to investigate the level of their involvement.”
But when contacted for a reaction, the Osun PDP Caretaker Chairman, Dr. Akindele Adekunle, said no member of the PDP would get involved in any illegal act, adding that “It could be part of a grand plan of the APC to indict our members.
“But I want to assure you that our party members are law-abiding and not capable of engaging in actions that will bring the party to disrepute”
