We have released PVCs, INEC replies Fani- Kayode

The Independent National Electoral Commission
has challenged the Director of Media and Publicity
of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential
Campaign Organisation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, to
prove his allegation that the commission was
intentionally preventing would-be voters from
claiming their permanent voter cards.
Fani-Kayode had, at a press conference in Abuja
on Wednesday, alleged that the PVCs were still in
China, where they were produced, and had yet to
be imported to Nigeria.
He had said, “We have information that the PVCs
that Nigerians are scrambling for are not in
Nigeria and will not arrive before the elections.
These PVCs are still in China and (INEC Chairman,
Prof. Attahiru) Jega has strategically delayed their
arrival to suit his electioneering permutations.”
But the Chief Press Secretary to Jega, Mr. Kayode
Idowu, told SUNDAY PUNCH on Friday that the
onus lies on Fani-Kayode to validate his claims.
Idowu said, “It is they that should produce proof
that we have not produced the cards, because
INEC has produced those cards and put them in
the public domain. Anybody who says it is not
like that should produce proof.
“We have extended the collection deadline and
people need to make use of that opportunity to
come out. INEC cannot drag people out of their
houses to collect their PVCs. It is for INEC and the
media to continue to sound it in the ears of
people that they need to make judicious use of
this time; otherwise, anyone who does not collect
his card will disenfranchise himself.”