THE All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, called for the cancellation of the 10-day Continuous Voters Registration, CVR, exercise scheduled by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to kick off today.
It alleged plots by the Edo State Government, and the electoral umpire to manipulate the exercise in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
“The decision by Governor Godwin Obaseki to deploy Edo teachers, civil servants, as well as members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, as ad hoc staff for the CVR exercise is unacceptable to us. These personnel have been compromised to favour the PDP.”The Commissioner for Orientation and Communication, Chris Nehikhare, in a statement denied the allegation, saying: “We want to say as a government we are interested in our people coming out to register during the CVR exercise.
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