From Uche Nnorom, Makurdi
Barely 48 hours to the Presidential election, Benue State Government and the Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC, are trading blames on disenfranchemnt of Internal Displaced Persons, IDPs.
While briefing newsmen in Makurdi during the monthly distribution of relief materials to the IDPs in Benue State, the Executive Secretary, Benue State Emergency Relief, Management Agency, SEMA Dr. Emmanuel Shior accused the Commission of plans to disenfranchise thousands of IDPs.
Shior regretted that most of the IDPs who registered, could not collect their Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, alleging deliberate plot by INEC to disenfranchise the displaced persons.
However, in a swift reaction, the INEC Public Relations’ Officer, PRO Terkaa Andyar dismissed the allegation as ‘false’, maintaining It is borne out of ‘ignorance’.
