Residents from three local government areas in Ogun State on Wednesday stormed the state headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abeokuta over their inability to get Permanent Voter Cards.
The protesters who marched from the NNPC Junction in Abiola Way to INEC office, which is about 300 kilometres, came from the Yewa North, Abeokuta South and Abeokuta North local government areas.
Leading the protesters, a medical doctor and a three-time former commissioner in the state, Mr. Isiak Salako, said over 60,000 registered voters from the three local government areas might be disenfranchised if they did not get their PVCs before the election on Saturday.
He said many of them registered in 2011, while some did in 2014, adding that they only had their Temporary Voter Cards, which did not qualify them to vote on Saturday and April 11.
Another politician, Lanre Jaji, from the Abeokuta North Local Government, said INEC “must do something about the issue urgently.”
However, the head of General Administration and Procurement, INEC, Ogun State, Mr. Olatoye Olufemi, said the commission was working to ensure that all registered voters get their PVCs.
He said a member of staff was still in Abuja waiting for remaining consignment for the state.
Meanwhile, as of 5.07pm on Wednesday the state was still expecting the balance of 153,185 PVCs from Abuja.
The total registered voters in Ogun State are 1,795,794, while the total number received from Abuja so far is 1,642,607.
The total number distributed is 1,136,003, and the number that remained uncollected is 506,604.
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