Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has alleged that some corrupt politicians have been buying up Permanent Voter Cards or inducing voters financially to collect the Voter Identification Numbers ahead of the 2019 general elections.
Mahmood made the allegation when he spoke at the quarterly consultative meeting with political parties in Abuja, where he presented the 2019 voter register and electoral guidelines to the parties.
“A new method of vote-buying is being devised. We have received credible information that some partisan actors are now going round buying up PVCs from voters or financially inducing them to collect the VINs on their PVCs.