The Peoples Democratic Party or PDP, has said that the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress or APC, in the Edo election coming up in September, Monday Okpebholo, is no longer in the race owing to a voter card fraud...READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE ▶▶
This followed reports a few days ago that a search conducted on the portal of the National Electoral Commission or INEC returned with a message ‘voter not found’.
The voter card was part of the documents the APC candidate submitted as part of his Form EC9.
A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Debo Ologunagba, on Friday argued that for not having a valid voter card, Okpebholo is therefore not a registered voter and therefore stands disqualified.
The party explained that checks on the portal of the Independent National Electoral Commission or INEC showed his name is missing.
“The alarming discovery that the APC candidate allegedly presented a fake voter card in his Form EC9 submitted to INEC is a self-inflicted blow,” the PDP said, adding that it is “clearly and irredeemably signals the end of the road for the APC and its candidate in the 2024 Edo State Governorship election.”
The PDP said, “It is indeed scandalous that the APC sponsored a candidate with alleged questionable documents as a governorship candidate for Edo State who is noted for being very credible and highly respectable citizens.
“Moreover, it is now apparent as to why the APC submitted to INEC a blurred and unreadable voter card purporting to be that of its candidate and had remained silent since the news broke out that the said voter card is allegedly forged,” Ologunagba said in the statement….READ FULL ARTICLE
