A Magistrate Court in Sokoto has sentenced a man, identified as Nasiru Idris to one year in prison for reportedly stealing 101 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).
The Court ruled, noting that the offence is in contravention of Sections 117 and 145 of the Electoral Act 2002.
This was disclosed by the National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education Committee at the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Barr. Festus Okoyo in a statement issued Sunday in Abuja.
INEC said it has also commenced prosecution of another man who was found to be in possession of 367 PVCs in Kano State.
According to him, the Commission met at the weekend and deliberated on a number of issues, among them the date and procedure for the collection PVCs and the prosecution of persons arrested for illegal possession of PVCs.
