Police arrests two person over illegal possession of PVC’s in the North.

Two people who were in possession of 468 Permanent Voter Cards were detained by the police.

Festus Okoye, national commissioner and head of the information and voter education committee for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), announced this in a statement on November 27.

The culprits, who were only identified as Nasiru Idris in the statement, were discovered in possession of 367 PVCs in Kano State and 101 PVCs in Sokoto State, respectively.

According to Okoye, their offense violated Sections 117 and 145 of the Electoral Act of 2022.

The statement added that the offenders were currently receiving their due punishment.

“In the last couple of weeks, the Nigeria Police has arrested some individuals found to be in illegal possession of voter cards in some States of the Federation.

“The Commission wishes to reiterate that it will continue to pursue all violators of the Electoral Act and ensure their diligent prosecution.” The statement read.