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How INEC Imported Ethnic Cleansing into the Distribution of PVCs in Nigeria

by Global Reporters | 15. March 2015 13:54

Professor Attahiru M. Jega
Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
INEC Headquarters, Plot 436 Zambezi Crescent
Maitama, P.M.B. 0184, FCT, Garki, Abuja, Nigeria

Sir,

Consequences Of Importing Ethnic Cleansing Into The Distribution Of Permanent Voters'  Cards In Nigeria
Part Two

(Democracy & Civil Liberties, Onitsha Nigeria, 15th March 2015)-This is the concluding part of our (Intersociety) letter to the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Nigeria, Prof Attahiru M. Jega, originally dated 13th March 2015 and referenced as above. The letter has since been updated to accommodate the Commission's latest (March 12, 2015) PVCs' State-by-State distribution update and few other important information. The updated version has electronically been sent to e-addresses of the Commission and other recipients.

Critical Evaluation Of  State-By-State PVC Distribution Of March 12, 2015 By INEC:

Geopolitical Zonal Evaluation:

TABLE 1:  MARCH 12, 2015 PVC DISTRIBUTION & GEO-POLITICAL ZONE BREAKDOWN

S/N

STATE

NUMBER OF
REGISTERED
VOTERS (NRV)
NUMBER OF CARDS DISTRIBUTED
TO STATES SO FAR       Feb 26
NUMBER OF CARDS
COLLECTED
Feb 26
NUMBER OF CARDS COLLECTED
March 12, 2015
% PVCs Collected
1 TOTAL SW 13,731,090 13,246,866 8,706,015 8,965,126
2 TOTAL SE 7,665,859 7,547,637 6,030,327 6,614, 934
3 TOTAL SS 10,059,347 9,844,156 7,995,575 8,365,765
TOTAL SOUTH 31,456,296 30,638,659 22,731,917 23,944,845 
NORTH
4 TOTAL NW 17,620,436 17,554,095 15,827,842 16, 098, 060
5 NORTH-EAST 9,107,861 8,589,298 7,765,132 7,722,653
6 NORTH-CENTRAL 9,767,411 9,520,935 7,450,475 7,651,505
TOTAL NORTH 36,495,708 35,664,328 31,043,449 31,472,218
7 FCT       881,472         903,613

            552,381

569,109
TOTAL COUNTRY 68,833,476 67,206,600 54,327,747 55,904,272 (ours 55, 986, 172) 81.22

(Credit: Mobolaji Aluko March 2015 (edited and updated)-Commentator on National Issues)

S/N

STATE

NUMBEROF

REGISTERED

VOTERS

(NRV)

NUMBEROF

CARDS

DISTRIBUTED

TO STATES

 

NUMBEROF

CARDS

COLLECTED

Feb 26

% CARDSCOLLECTED

RELATIVE

TO NRV

Feb 26

NUMBEROF

CARDS

COLLECTED

March 12

% CARDSCOLLECTED

RELATIVE

TO NRV

March 12

 SOUTH-WEST

1 EKITI          732,021   813,871             505,829             69.10 511,790 69.91
2 LAGOS               5,822,207       5,558,062         3,693,355          63.44 3,767,647 64.71
3 OGUN    1,829,534      1,387,401          808,590           44.20 904,647 49.45
4 ONDO                1,524,655        1,501,694         1,073,904          70.44 1,110,844                    72.86
5 OSUN              1,407,107      1,569,368          1,021,169          72.57 1,030,051 73.20
6 OYO            2,415,566         2,416,470         1,603,168          66.37 1,639,967 67.89
TOTAL SW 13,731,090 13,246,866 8,706,015 63.40 8,964,146                  64.92
SOUTH-EAST
7 ABIA                     1,396,162        1,382,181           1,132,928          81.15 1,177,520 84.34
8 ANAMBRA    1,963,173         1,915,070           1,527,045         77.78 1,658,967 84.50
9 EBONYI             1,074,273      1,043,746         848,392              78.97 848,392 78.97
10 ENUGU        1,429,221         1,434,511          1,169,408          81.82 1,223,606 85.61
11 IMO                     1,803,030 1,772,129          1,352,554 75.02 1,707,449 94.70
TOTAL SE 7,665,859 7,547,637 6,030,327 78.66 6,614,934                  85.88
  SOUTH-SOUTH
12 AKWA-IBOM    1,680,759         1,720,645            1,587,566        94.46 1,587,566 94.46
13 BAYELSA        610,373        577,230            404,119             66.21 546,372 89.51
14 CROSS RIVER   1,175,623         1,184,534         919,622             78.22 963,629 81.99
15 DELTA               2,275,264        2,282,018        1,795,307           78.91 1,921,627 84.46
16 EDO            1,779,738     1,784,404          1,197,829           67.30 1,218,734 68.48
17 RIVERS                       2,537,590           2,295,325           2,091,132           82.41 2,127,837 83.85
TOTAL SS 10,059,347 9,844,156 7,995,575 79.48 8,365,765                  81.78
 NORTH-WEST
18 JIGAWA              1,831,276    1,857,558       1,794,646          98.00 1,756,320 95.91
19 KADUNA            3,407,222         3,447,996        3,159,011         92.72 3,174,519 93.17
20 KANO           4,975,701        4,827,236         4,112,039         82.64 4,112,039 82.64
21 KATSINA       2,827,943    2,809,910         2,620,096         92.65         2,620,096                  92.65
22 KEBBI       1,470,648        1,484,580           1,316,656          89.53 1,372,630 93.34
23 SOKOTO    1,611,929       1,650,081         1,428,098        88.60 1,527,004 94.73
24 ZAMFARA         1,495,717      1,476,734         1,397,296        93.42 1,435,452 95.97
TOTAL NW 17,620,436 17,554,095 15,827,842 89.27 16,098,060                  90.77
NORTH-EAST
25 ADAMAWA        1,559,012        1,570,370      1,364,804           87.54 1,381,571 88.62
25 BAUCHI   2,054,125        2,024,340          1,938,192         94.36 1,778,380 86.58
27 BORNO            1,934,079           1,544,612     1,320,667         68.28 1,407,777 72.79
28 GOMBE   1,120,023    1,129,622        1,064,577          95.05 1,069,635 95.50
29 TARABA  1,340,652     1,347,104         1,252,491        93.42 1,270,889 94.80
30 YOBE              1,099,970    973,250            824,401            74.95 824,401 74.95
NORTH-EAST 9,107,861 8,589,298 7,765,132 85.26 7,722,653                  83.83
NORTH-CENTRAL
31 BENUE               2,015,452     2,015,441        1,566,186         77.71 1,601,800 79.77
32 KOGI    1,350,883     1,330,400          926,013           68.55 926,013 68.55
33 KWARA  1,142,267         1,153,109         858,623           75.17 884,996 77.48
34 NASARAWA       1,242,667   1,228,098         1,026,657         82.62 1,048,053 84.34
35 NIGER       2,014,317         1,981,183           1,642,144          81.52 1,682,058 83.51
36 PLATEAU        2,001,825     1,812,704         1,430,852         71.48 1,508,585 75.36
  NORTH-CENTRAL 9,767,411 9,520,935 7,450,475 76.28 7,651,505                  77.50
37 FCT       881,472         903,613

           552,381

             62.67 569,109                64.56
               
TOTAL COUNTRY 68,833,476 67,206,600 54,327,747 78.93 55,904,272  (55,986,172)                81.22

 

TABLE 2: MARCH 12, 2015 PVC DISTRIBUTION STATE- BY-STATE BREAKDOWN

(Credit: Mobolaji Aluko March 2015 (edited and updated)-Commentator on National Issues)

Summarized Findings:

  1. Over one million PVCs are yet to be produced, delivered and distributed barely fourteen days to the Presidential Poll.
  2. Of the over one million unproduced PVCs, the South is owed 807, 553.
  3. Total Registered Voters (RVs) for the North including the FCT=37, 377, 180
  4. Total Registered Voters (RVs) for the  South=31, 456, 296
  5. Total gap between the North and the South in RVs=5, 920, 883
  6. Total PVCs distributed in the North including the FCT as at 12th March 2015=32, 041, 327
  7. Total PVCs distributed in the South as at 12th March 2015=23, 944, 845
  8. Total gap between the North and the South in the PVCs distributed as at 12th March 2015=8,096, 482
  9. Total Registered Voters in Nigeria for 2015 polls=68, 833, 476
  10. Total PVCs distributed in Nigeria  according to INEC as at 12th March 2015=55,904, 272 (ours 55, 986, 172)
  11. Total Registered Voters (RVs) denied PVCs in Nigeria according to INEC) as at 12th March 2015=12, 929, 204 (ours 12, 847, 304)
  12. Total Registered Voters (RVs) likely to be disenfranchised or denied PVCs in the March 28 & April 11, 2015 Polls=11,000,000
  13. Total RVs denied PVCs in the North including the FCT=5, 335, 857
  14. Total RVs denied PVCs in the South=7, 510, 471
  15. Total RVs denied PVCs in Lagos State (most populated RVs in the South)=2, 054, 560
  16. Total RVs denied PVCs in Kano State (most populated RVs in the North)=863, 662
  17. Total RVs denied PVCs in the Southwest=4, 765, 964
  18. Total RVs denied PVCs in the North-central=2, 115, 910
  19. Total RVs denied PVCs in the South-south=1, 693, 582
  20. Total RVs denied PVCs in the Northwest=1, 522, 376
  21. Total RVs denied PVCs in the Northeast= 1, 385, 208
  22. Total RVs denied PVCs in the Southeast=1, 050, 925
  23. Total RVs denied PVCs in the FCT=312, 363
  24. Total PVCs distributed in seven States of the Northwest zone (16, 098, 060) are much higher than those of eleven States of the South-south and the Southeast zones (14, 980,699) put together
  25. 70% of RVs denied PVCs in the Northeast, the Northwest and Plateau and Niger States in the North-central as well as Lagos State in the Southwest by way of seizure, hoarding, misplacement; disappearance or destruction are non indigenes, Christians and minorities.

Consequences Of Ethnic Cleansing In The PVCs Distribution:

The worst undoing trailing the 2015 General Elections in Nigeria is the introduction of ethnicity and religion into it; from the table of your Commission as per the management of the National Register of Voters including voters registration and revalidation; distribution and issuance of Permanent Voters Cards; to the conducts and conspiracies of primordial and ethno-religious fundamentalist politicians. For the first time in Nigeria under your professorial electoral midwifery, ethnic cleansing has been introduced into the country's electoral industry and management.

As we have severally observed, the causes of electoral violence in contemporary times around the world are no longer majorly located at the doorsteps of politicians, but at the doorsteps of electoral umpires owing to conducts such as those being complained of. This was why we held and still hold that your Commission must take full responsibility of any riotous outcome of the 2015 polls if it occurs.

Our grand purpose of writing your Commission for the last time before the referenced polls is to demystify the foregoing triggers of violence in the hope that they will be incorporated into your Commission's final push and bottled up. This must include ensuring that the remaining 12, 847, 304 registered voters in Nigeria denied PVCs till date are provided with same inexcusably even if it means taking them to their homes. Addressing the foregoing anomalies being complained of should go beyond showcasing of professorial and political science grammars in the media and other public forums. The 2015 polls midwifery must go beyond wearing professorial agbada and university classroom tutorship. They require workshop engineering approaches; otherwise heaven will be let loose and the country will go up in unquenchable flames.

From every indication, your Commission's informal policy for the 2015 polls appears to constitute a dangerous threat to social values and identities of Christians, Igbo nation as well as Southern and Northern minorities in Nigeria.  People may let go other intruders, but certainly not intruders questioning, undermining and threatening their social values or ethnic identities.

Recent angry reactions against your Commission across the country by Nigerian mainstream ethnic nationalities such as the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) in the Southeast zone, the O'odua People's Congress in the Southwest zone, the South-South People's Assembly in the South-south zone and the Southern Kaduna Assembly and Christian/Minority bodies in the North clearly indicate existence and maintenance by your Commission of an informal policy questioning, threatening and undermining their ethnic and social identities. Apart from issuance of public statements including communiques calling for the sack or resignation of the Chairman of your Commission, they have also taken to the streets to register their anger and seriousness over the referenced particularly as it concerns denial of their PVCs and voting rights. One of such street protests took place in Anambra State on March 13, 2015 at the instance of the leadership of MASSOB. These explain why we hold submissively that ethnic cleansing has officially crept into the 2015 polls under your professorial midwifery.

Yours Faithfully,

For: International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law

Emeka Umeagbalasi, B.Sc. (Hons.) Criminology & Security Studies

Board Chairman

Uzochukwu Oguejiofor, Esq., (LLB, BL), Head, Campaign & Publicity Department

Chiugo Onwuatuegwu, Esq., (LLB, BL), Head, Democracy & Good Governance Program

Obianuju Igboeli, Esq., (LLB, BL), Head, Civil Liberties & Rule of Law Program

CC:

  1. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation
  2. The Chief of Defense Staff of the Armed Forces of Nigeria
  3. The Director General, Directorate of State Security, Federal Republic of Nigeria

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