The Anambra State Police Command ordered an investigation on Wednesday into the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a bag containing Permanent Voter Cards in a forest in Akamili community, Nnewi, Anambra State.
An unidentified hunter discovered the bag in the forest and took it to the premises of a radio station, Authority FM.
A worker at the station, identified only as Ikenna, said he received the PVCs and delivered them to the Obi of Umudim community in Nnewi.
The station manager, Charles Ede, who stated that he was not on duty when the hunter delivered the cards, told journalists that he learned of the development from a station employee.
“I was off duty when the incident occurred, but one of the staff members received the hunter when he arrived,” Ede explained.
According to a trending video, people discovered that the bag containing the PVCs belonged to people in the area while assessing it.
While commenting on the bag, another radio station employee urged people who had yet to collect their PVCs to come to the station to see if they could find their PVCs so they could vote in the general election on Saturday.
Attempts to reach Dr Kingsley, the INEC spokesperson in Anambra State, for comment on how the PVCs arrived in the area were futile because he did not take or respond to a text message sent to his phone number.
DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the state Police Public Relations Officer, responded that the command had yet to receive an official complaint about the development.
Ikenga stated,“The command has not received any such complaint from the concerned authority following the emergence of a video claiming that a hunter found some PVCs in a forest at Nnewi.
“Given the above, the state Commissioner of Police, Echeng Echeng, has ordered an investigation into the video to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident and possibly arrest the suspects behind the act.”
