The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) today asked President Muhammadu Buhari to arrest politicians buying Permanent Voter Cards from poor Nigerians.
In a statement, SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, wants the President to urgently direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to identify and arrest politicians who are allegedly buying permanent voter cards from poor Nigerians, and promptly bring them to justice.
The rights group also wants Buhari to ensure that the politicians and their sponsors who are suspected to be involved in what it describes as grave electoral and human rights crimes are named and shamed, regardless of their political affiliations.
Recalling that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recently alleged that some politicians are buying PVCs from poor Nigerians across the country, the group said the Northern Elders Forum corroborated the allegations, reportedly stating that some politicians are buying PVCs with two thousand naira in the north.
