{"id":630,"date":"2023-01-30T19:44:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T18:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postnigeria.com\/?p=630"},"modified":"2023-01-30T19:44:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T18:44:59","slug":"inec-investigates-viral-video-of-extortion-during-pvcs-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postnigeria.com\/2023\/01\/30\/inec-investigates-viral-video-of-extortion-during-pvcs-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"INEC investigates viral video of extortion during PVCs collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Extortion was captured on camera in an attempt to acquire permanent voter cards, in Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, according to a statement from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) (PVCs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rex Achumie, the director of voter education and publicity at INEC’s Enugu State branch, revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Enugu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the video, a woman was seen demanding N1,000 from each registrant who wanted to pick up their PVCs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She claimed in the video that the N1,000 would pay for her transportation costs and other stressors associated with delivering the cards to a neighborhood primary school in the local government region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The woman in question, according to Mr. Achumie, is not an INEC employee or ad hoc member of staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
None of the individuals in the video, in his opinion, work for INEC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cINEC wants to unravel how the cards got into the hands of the unscrupulous woman in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are looking at getting the Electoral Officer in charge of the area to liaise with his staff to know who actually gave the woman the cards,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By Tuesday, Mr. Achumie promised, INEC would have a deeper understanding of the entire incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Extortion was captured on camera in an attempt to acquire permanent voter cards, in Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, according to a statement from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) (PVCs). Rex Achumie, the director of voter education and publicity at INEC’s Enugu State branch, revealed this to the News Agency of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":631,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n