The All Progressive Congress APC, has raised alarm over alleged compromise of the card reader machine by some electoral criminals in other to perfect a rigging technique ahead of Saturday governorship election.
According to the State Party Chairman, Prince Gboyega Famodun, stated this at the World Press Conference in Osogbo today,
Famodun claims that “the criminal activity will ensure several people can use the PVC without the card reader uploading the photography to identify the bearer.
The party quoted reliable source for these allegation, adding that “this rigging technique had been used successfully during the last Osun West Senatorial Bye election, which resulted in the PDP having more votes than it would have had legitimately.
“The rigging technique is executed at a critical time during the accreditation process.
Famodun, further claimed that ” encouraged by their success during the last Senatorial Bye election in Osun West Senatorial district, the criminal rigger now plan to extend their operation throughout the state on Saturday during the governorship election.
He further alleged that , the election criminal used to compromise the electronic card reader were the youth corpers in charge of operating the device.
He said, as a result of the concern development, the APC urged INEC to allow party agent to scrutinize the verification process in order to confirm the PVC holders image appears on the card reader, also that the security agents should equally be involved in the process so that youth corpers who will be handling the card reader need to be properly supervised and protected from desperate politicians who will do everything criminal to win against all odds.
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