The Independent National Electoral Commission has challenged the Director of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, to prove his allegation that the commission was intentionally preventing would-be voters from claiming their permanent voter cards.

Fani-Kayode had, at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, alleged that the PVCs were still in China, where they were produced, and had yet to be imported to Nigeria.

He had said, “We have information that the PVCs that Nigerians are scrambling for are not in Nigeria and will not arrive before the elections. These PVCs are still in China and (INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru) Jega has strategically delayed their arrival to suit his electioneering permutations.”

But the Chief Press Secretary to Jega, Mr. Kayode Idowu, toldSUNDAY PUNCHon Friday that the onus lies on Fani-Kayode to validate his claims.

Idowu said, “It is they that should produce proof that we have not produced the cards, because INEC has produced those cards and put them in the public domain. Anybody who says it is not like that should produce proof.

“We have extended the collection deadline and people need to make use of that opportunity to come out. INEC cannot drag people out of their houses to collect their PVCs. It is for INEC and the media to continue to sound it in the ears of people that they need to make judicious use of this time; otherwise, anyone who does not collect his card will disenfranchise himself.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/we-have-released-pvcs-inec-replies-fani-kayode/

Edokpia:
Why is it now they are releasing the pvcs.