{"id":51945,"date":"2016-08-05T03:41:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T02:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=51945"},"modified":"2016-08-05T03:41:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T02:41:00","slug":"guber-polls-inec-de-registers-3000-multiple-registrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/guber-polls-inec-de-registers-3000-multiple-registrations\/","title":{"rendered":"GUBER POLLS: INEC DE-REGISTERS 3000 OVER MULTIPLE REGISTRATIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>Ahead of the September gubernatorial polls in Edo State, no fewer than\r\n3,000 voters have been de-registered over alleged multiple registrations.\r\nBesides, about 474,000 persons who were yet to collect their Permanent\r\nVoter Cards, PVCs.\r\nResident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Edo State, Mr Sam\r\nOlumekun,discloed this, while reading the riot acts to the political\r\nparties in the state.\r\nOlumekun urged them to stick to INEC rules governing political campaigns\r\nand threatened that the electoral umpire would wield the big stick on any\r\npolitical party involved in hate campaigns.\r\nHe spoke at a stakeholders meeting of Inter-Agency Consultative Committee\r\non Election Security, ICCES\u2019\r\nThe state INEC boss gave the assurance that he would ensure a level\r\nplaying field for all the participating parties as he was poised to\r\nconduct \u2018\u2019the most peaceful and violent free election that will serve as a\r\nmodel to other states\u2019\u2019.\r\nHe added: \u201cFrom our records, 3000 voters have been de-registered in the\r\nstate for engaging in multiple registrations. And one bad aspect of it\r\nalso is that we have 474,000 persons who are yet to collect their\r\nPermanent Voter Cards, PVCs\u2019\u2019.\r\nSpeaking , the state Commissioner of Police, Chris Ezike, said his men\r\nwere ready for the election, warning politicians to refrain from engaging\r\nthugs to do the battle for them, insisting that  \u201c anybody involved in\r\nviolence will be dealt with.\u2019\u2019\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of the September gubernatorial polls in Edo State, no fewer than 3,000 voters have been de-registered over alleged multiple registrations. 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