Nasiru Idris was caught in possession of 101 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and was found guilty by a Magistrate Court in Sokoto, receiving a sentence of one year in jail.
Electoral Act of 2002 Sections 117 and 145 are broken by the offense.
Festus Okoye, national commissioner in charge of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Information and Voter Education Committee, made this announcement in a statement released on Sunday in Abuja.
Another guy who was discovered to be in possession of 367 PVCs in Kano State has also been prosecuted, according to INEC.
He claims that the Commission convened over the weekend and discussed a number of topics, including the timing and method for collecting PVCs and the legal action to be taken against those detained for unlawful PVC possession.
Okoye stated that the Commission is committed to making the collecting of PVCs as smooth as feasible following the expiration of the statutory window for the presentation of the register of voters for claims and objections.
Reiterating that a Standard Operating Procedure SOP has been created, Okoye stated that this will be one of the topics discussed and resolved at a retreat that will be held in Lagos from November 28 to December 2, 2022, with participation from all of the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) from the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
“At the conclusion of the retreat, the Commission will announce the dates and the specific steps for the national urgent collection of PVCs.
The Commission is grateful to Nigerians for their patience and understanding, especially those who registered to vote or requested transfers or replacements of their identification cards between January and July 2022. The Commission is striving to make sure the procedure is as seamless as possible while making the cards available for collection.
