Bag Of PVCs Found In Anambra Forest, Police Starts Probe

The Anambra State Police Command said it had began an investigation into unravelling the circumstances surrounding the alleged discovery of a bag full of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) belonging to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

A hunter found a bag containing the PVCs in a forest the in Akamili community in Nnewi, Anambra State, on Tuesday and later took it to the premises of a popular radio station, Authority FM.

The manager of the radio station, Mr Charles Ede said he was off duty when the cards were brought, but his employees had confirmed the development to him.

He said, “I was off duty when the incident happened, but one of the staff members received the hunter when he came.”

A video of the PVCs, which was done in the compound of the radio house in Nnewi, and which has been trending online, revealed that most of the PVCs are for people in the area.

The radio station’s employee, who ran a short commentary on the video, encouraged those who had yet to get their PVCs to come to the premises of the FM to check if they could find theirs.

It was discovered that most of the PVCs were owned by people from the Nnewi South Local Government Area.

Reacting to the development, the state police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the command had not gotten any such complaint.

Ikenga said, “The command has not received any such complaint from the concerned authority, following the emergence of a video claiming that a hunter found some PVCs in a forest at Nnewi.

“Given the above, the Commissioner of Police, CP Echeng Echeng, has ordered investigations into the video to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident and possibly arrest the suspects behind the act.

“Therefore, the command is constrained to make further comments and any development in this regard shall be communicated.”