Avoid anyone demanding your voter card – Abia Govt warns rural dwellers

Abia State government has alerted the public of the activities of some politicians in some parts of the state who deployed their agents to various wards to fraudulently obtain information contained on the Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) of unsuspecting rural dwellers in exchange for the sum of Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000) each, under a deceptive guise that it is to create a nonexistent e-wallet for empowerment.

A release endorsed by the Ferdinand Ekeoma, Special Adviser to the Governor Media and Publicity, says the intention of the sponsors and perpetrators of this criminal act is to compromise the authenticity of such PVCs and render the owners unfit to vote during the 2027 election.

According to the release, the action is a deliberate act of criminality and an irresponsible act and warns that any person or persons, no matter how highly placed, caught indulging in this act of criminality, directly or through agents, shall face severe consequences, beyond their imagination.

The release therefore calls on Abians, especially rural dwellers to henceforth distance themselves from any individual or group that may approach them for the purpose of obtaining information contained on their PVCs or any other personal information that may disenfranchise or endanger them in any way.