Edo 2012: State raises the alarm over attempt to mop up voter’s cards

Posted by Mgbenka at Sunday, April 08, 2012 |

AHEAD of the 2012 governorship election in Edo State, the state government, yesterday, raised the alarm over what it described as alleged attempt by desperate politicians to mop up voter’s card by inducing the people with cash gifts and loans with a view to frustrating the ‘One Man One Vote’ principle of Governor Adams Oshiomhole.

A statement  in Benin City, signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Peter Okhiria,  admonished  registered voters in the state “to ignore these politicians and are reminded that voting is a civic responsibility.
Furthermore, Edo State Government, as part of measures to promote the democratic principle of One Man,

One Vote, will insist on evidence of voter registration as a yardstick for admission into public schools.”
The statement added “While we note that it is both a criminal and electoral offence to buy or sell the voter’s card, we are equally concerned that the voters’ cards so procured may be used for other criminal purposes, thus putting the original owners of these cards in trouble.
“We therefore warn these desperate politicians to shun their criminal intentions and also advise registered voters not to sell their voters’ cards to anyone under any guise”.