The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has distanced itself from an online website urging Nigerians to enrol for the Permanent Voters Card (PVC).
This is coming a day after the umpire ceases further registration of the voting cards after a year of registration.
The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee in Abuja Festus Okoye in a statement on Monday in Abuja described the website as fake.
“Barely 24 hours after the suspension of voter registration, INEC attention has been drawn to an online site urging Nigerians to enrol for voter card (PVC) registration,” Okoye said.
He said that the scammers claimed that the Federal Government has approved individual Permanent Voter Card (PVC) registration online to avoid unnecessary crowd at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) centers.
“The Commission states unequivocally that the site is not linked to the commission and the link/portal is spurious and from a dubious source,” he said.
Okoye said that INEC is the only body constitutionally and legally mandated to conduct the registration of persons qualified to vote in any election in Nigeria and to update and revise the register when the need arose.
“The commission is solely responsible for organising, undertaking, and supervising national elections in the country and does not share this responsibility with anybody or organisation.
“Members of the public are strongly advised not to succumb to the antics of online scammers and should avoid such fake sites."
He affirmed that registration has been concluded.
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