Niger state claims 1million names are missing from the Permanent Voters Card list

The APC, in a statement by its spokesman in
Niger state, Jonathan Vatsa, said it discovered
that the particulars of voters in seven wards of
Shiroro, Gbako and other local government areas
were missing and that the voters might not get
their PVC. He also called for the removal or
redeployment of the state's INEC commissioner.
"The truth is that the areas excluded from
the PVC collection have always been the
stronghold of APC in previous elections in
the state. The inference now falls in
perspective on why in the last Niger-East
by-elections some of our supporters could
not cast their votes because their names
were missing from the voter register."
What worries us in the APC is that INEC said
that there should be continuous voter
registration. The pertinent question is, what
becomes of those who have earlier registered but
their names could not be traced on the INEC
register, as many of our supporters may be
disenfranchised before 2015 general elections
thereby giving way for rigging and all other
manipulations of elections Niger State is
notorious for.
We are not sure of the neutrality of the Resident
Electoral Commissioner, Dr Emmanuel Onucheyo,
who has subjected himself to the whims and
caprices of the government in power. That has
justified our previous call that if a free and fair
election is to be conducted in Niger State the
Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state
must be removed or redeployed to where his
material craving will be tolerated,' the statement
said.