2019: Benue governor orders security agencies to arrest anyone buying, selling PVC’s
- Security agencies in Benue have been instructed by Governor Samuel Ortom, to arrest anyone caught buying or selling PVC’s
- The governor said that he was aware that members of a political party in the state were moving round to buy PVC's
- Ortom further noted that those who had openly accepted responsibility for the killings in the state had not yet been arrested
The governor of Benue, Samuel Ortom, has directed security agencies in the state to arrest people buying the Permanent Voter Cards (PVC's).
Ortom gave the directive on Wednesday, November 28, in Makurdi, while interacting with newsmen, NAN reports.
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Legit.ng gathers that he said that the security agencies had been notified of the ugly trend, stressing that anybody found buying PVC's or selling them would be arrested and prosecuted.
Ortom, who said that he was aware that members of a political party in the state were moving round to buy PVC's, warned that security men would arrest them.
“I advise members of the public to be wary of those who will want to dispossess them of their cards under whatever guise,” he said.
He also stated the resolve of his administration had been to continue to stand by the people and the Anti-Open Grazing Law 2017.
“Though more than 680,000 people have been displaced from their homes, they are the same people insisting that the law must be fully implemented,” he said.
Ortom noted that though some people had openly accepted responsibility for the killings in the state, they were yet to be arrested by those whose responsibility it was to protect lives and property.
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Recall that Legit.ng previously reported that Governor Samuel Ortom advised the people of Benue to take advantage of INEC’s two weeks extension of the Permanent Voter Card (PVC) registration, by ensuring that they registered.
The governor said that the PVC was their political power and strength because it would enable them to vote their preferred candidates during elections.
He added that it would also afford them the opportunity to vote out leaders that performed abysmally or failed to live up to expectations.
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