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Guber poll: Leaked memo of APC asking leaders to compile names of voters sparks outrage in Edo
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has been indicted over a memo by the party’s local government chairmen in Edo State to compile lists of 400 names per ward.
Opposition parties alleged that the move is aimed at bribing voters and rigging the results ahead for the party in the forthcoming governorship election.
Specifically, The directive, said to be issued by Lawrence Osarobo Okah, the State Secretary of the APC, read: “PLEASE CHAIRMAN AS A MATTER OF URGENCY AND WITH ALL SENSE OF SERIOUSNESS, PLEASE COMPILE 400 NAMES PER WARD IN YOUR LGA AND FORWARD SAME AS SOFT COPY AND HARD COPIES TO THE STATE SECRETARIAT, AS THIS IS UNDER THE PROGRESSIVE GOVERNORS FORUM INITIATIVES.
“THESE 400 ARE TO DELIVER THEIR UNIT AT ANY COST. THIS IS A MATTER OF URGENCY.”
However, the opposition parties faulted the motive behind the move and its potential impact on the integrity of the election process.
According to Marvelous Odia, a Peoples Democratic Party chieftain in Benin City, ”The collection of such comprehensive personal data raises concerns about privacy and the ethical implications of such instructions.
”It shows that the APC is hell-bent on not playing by the rules and they should be stopped before they set this state on fire.
”We have been calling the attention of security agencies but they have been looking away, which shows that they are in bed with the APC on this plan.”
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