Abia police arrest three INEC officials with 10,000 PVCs

Police operatives in Abia state have arrested three officials INEC for allegedly being in possession of over 10,000 permanent voter cards (PVCs).

Report says one of the suspects, simply identified as Stella, was arrested at a checkpoint at INEC head office in Umuahia, the state capital.

It was gathered that the suspect was trying to move the PVCs illegally to a location where they were to be used to rig elections before she was arrested.

The resident electoral commissioner in the state, Prof. Joseph Iroh, confirmed that the suspects were employees of INEC.

He said they were on an official assignment in Ikwuano local government area before they were arrested.

Iroh added that the INEC office in the state was not contacted to properly clear them before they were taken to the police station to make statement.