The police have arrested an agent
of All Progressives Congress (APC) carrying a Voters’ Register at a polling
unit in Manchok Registration Area Centre (RAC), Kaura Local Government Area
(LGA) of Kaduna State, on Saturday.
The agent, Mr Samuel Semion,
caught with the register at Uguwan Aba Dube I Polling Unit, Manchok RAC, said
the document was distributed to all party agents in the area by a senior party
member.
When the attention of Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials and security agents was drawn to
the development, the INEC Supervisor in the RAC, Mr Cletus Joseph, asked the
police to arrest the suspect.
Joseph claimed the action
contravened the Electoral Act.
“We have received similar
information from our officials in various polling units that APC agents have in
their possession INEC Voters’ Register.
“I want to categorically say that
no agent is entitled to (hold) the Voters’ Register for any reason and anyone
caught with it should be arrested.”
The Divisional Police Officer in
the Local Government, CSP Daniel Mbwale, seized the document and ordered
security agents to seize the documents from all APC agents in all polling units
in the area.
Responding to the development,
the Public Relations Officer of APC in the LGA, Mr Mathew Kuyau, said the
register was distributed to all members of the party executive in the area who
made it available to the agents.
He explained that the measure was
to enable the agents to verify the accreditation of voters by INEC officials
but not to interfere with the election process.
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