Osun Poll: INEC Staff, One Other Arrested For Selling PVCs

A team of the Self sustaining National Electoral Fee (INEC) and a National Formative years Carrier Corps (NYSC) member recruited as an ad-hoc team for the July 16, 2022 governorship election in Osun Disclose were arrested for allegedly selling Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).

In accordance to an announcement launched by Yemisi Opalola, the Expose spokesperson, the trio of Orji Desmond Ikenna, 29, Makanjuola Bilahu, 58, and Oluwatobi Oginni, 32, were arrested on Wednesday, June 30, 2022, after a formal criticism develop into once reported on the Osu Division.

Opalola acknowledged that they’d 38 Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) in their possession and that they’d allegedly conspired with Wale Ojo and Ijamakinwa Olaoluwa, both PDP participants, for unknown financial transactions.

She printed that whereas the three INEC workers were detained to investigate their stage of involvement, police were on the flow of the fleeing suspects.

“On 30th June, 2022 at about 1040hrs, the complainant reported at Osu Division that, on 29th June, 2022, at about 1000hrs, he went to Self sustaining National Electoral Fee (INEC), dwelling of industrial positioned at Atakumosa West Native Govt Space, Osu, Osun Disclose to take his permanent Voter’s Card but can also no longer gather it.

He for this reason demanded for the register and stumbled on that, one Orji Desmond Nkenna, a corps member linked to INEC dwelling of industrial as an ad-hoc team accountable of voter’s card distribution has serene his PVC on the repeat of 1 Wale Ojo and Ijamakinwa Olaoluwa now at gigantic both participants of Of us Democratic Celebration (PDP) for financial transaction.

On receipt of the criticism, police detective right away swung into action and arrested the well-known suspect along with the INEC supervisor to the alleged corps member Mrs Makanjuola Bilahu ‘f’ veteran 58 years and one Mr. Oluwatobi Ogini ‘m’ veteran 32 years to investigate the stage of their involvement.

Meanwhile, the police are on the flow of the fleeing suspects.

The suspects will doubtless be charged to court after the completion of investigation.”

The Osun Police spokesperson printed that the Police Expose has begun raiding identified dusky spots to rob criminal parts because the July 16 gubernatorial election approaches, implying that 18 suspected criminals were arrested and are being interrogated.

She also entreated the of us of the convey to produce well timed and priceless data to aid police in combating criminal and electoral malpractices.