Display of voters register: Secondus charges massive voters turn out

As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) displays voters register at Polling Units across the country from Tuesday, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus has charged Nigerian voters to troop out to their various polling booths to check their names.

Secondus said that the desire to rescue Nigeria from the APC government would be meaningless if everything pertaining to voting is not sorted out.

According to a statement from his Media Office signed by his Media Adviser Ike Abonyi, the National Chairman said the essence of the four days display as stipulated by the Electoral Act is to ensure that no voter is disenfranchised.

He explained that cross checking and confirming the details ahead of the election is a mechanism put in place to reduce attempts to manipulate the system.

“By cross checking and re-cross checking, the voters wittingly would have begun the battle to frustrate rigging of the election,” he said.

Secondus urged voters who notice issues with their particulars to cry out loudly immediately by going to the electoral centers to complain for rectification.

He alleged that part of the rigging strategy of the APC working in agreement with some INEC staff is to doctor voter’s lists in the opponent’s strong holds to reduce their electoral advantage.

He added: “Please note that if you have a PVC and your name is not on the register, you are as good as a person who has gone into a contest he did not register for and expecting a positive result.

“If your team is going into a match you are sure you are better than your opponent and you are not sure of the neutrality of the referee, you need to play well to win fair and square and block any room for manipulation”.

He charged INEC to ensure that the registers are not only displayed at the polling booths but that the correct ones to be used for the election are the ones on display.

OWEDE AGBAJILEKE, Abuja