Traders PVC Number: Obasanjo Slams Osinbajo, Says there’s Sinister Motive with Election
By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) – Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has slammed Vice President Yemi Osinbanjo over alleged taking the number of Permanent Voters Card (PVC) of the traders, saying that the Vice President should know that there is something sinister about it with election.
According to Obasanjo, ““Osinbajo has shown the human weakness and proved the saying that the corruption of the best is the worst form of corruption.” Adding that Osinbajo must have gone for, “if you can’t beat them, join them”. He described the situation as a great pity and has left people asking if there any hope?
“His explanation that it was their government programme can only be construed to be very shallow and lopsided, if not an outrightly idiotic programme, Obasanjo added.
Obasanjo disclosed this in his 16-page letter which he released to newsmen in Abeokuta on Saturday titled; “Points for Concern and Action” thus:
“Osinbajo must have gone for, “if you can’t beat them, join them”. A great pity indeed and which makes people ask the questions, “Any hope?”
“Osinbajo has shown the human weakness and proved the saying that the corruption of the best is the worst form of corruption.”
“What is the connection between taking the number of PVC of the ‘traders’ and the forthcoming election? There is something sinister about it, and Professor Osinbajo, of all people, should know that.”
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo condemned the All Progressives Congress’ programme when he he reminded and questioned thus:
“Traders in rural and sub-urban areas of Nigeria are many more than those in urban areas and they are much poorer than traders in Lagos, Abuja and other cities. They need more attention and greater help. Are they to be confined to the heap of perpetual poverty? What of those who are not traders? They are not entitled to hand-out and they can languish in penury? And what about millions who have lost their jobs in the last three and a half years? The timing is also suspect. Those who criticise the action are called evil but they are not evil as they know what they are doing and saying, and they love Nigeria and Nigerians not less than the likes of Osinbajo. They are not devils incarnate; they are patriots.
What is the connection between taking the number of PVC (Permanent Voters Card) of the recipient of the N10,000 doled out to ‘traders’ and the forthcoming election? There is something sinister about it, and Professor Osinbajo, of all people, should know that. With collusion of the INEC officials and card readers not made to work, anybody quoting the PVC number may be allowed to vote as the revised Electoral Bill was not signed. And if that happens all over the country, it will be massive rigging indeed.
He therefore called on the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood to stand firm and carry out his duties with competence and unbending neutrality.
“The Chairman of INEC must stand firm and carry out his duties with competence and unbending neutrality. Card readers must be used without fail and accreditation must be completed and number ascertained and made public before voting commences as was done in 2015, Obasanjo stressed.
Sundiata Post recalls that Obasanjo accused President Muhammadu Buhari of plotting to rig the general election slated for February 2019 in his favour.
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