APC Insists On Card Readers, Opposes Use Of Soldiers For 2015 Elections

The All Progressives Congress
presidential campaign organization
has urged the Independent
National Electoral Commission
(INEC) to ensure the integrity of the
forthcoming elections through the
use of card readers to authenticate
the status of voters.

This was contained in a statement
released to newsmen in Abuja on of
Friday and signed by the director
of media and publicity of the
campaign organisation,mallam
Garba Shehu.

According to the statement, INEC’s
decision to use card readers is
borne out of the need to ensure
electoral transparency and
integrity.

“We insist on the use of card
readers for authenticating the
proprietary of the permanent
voters cards.

“These, in our estimation as a
credible party,remain the
irreducible minimum that must
form the basis for the conduct of
free, fair and credible elections o.
March 28and April 11″

” Aside the financial investment
involved in the procurement of the
card readers,the desire to
hoodwink on this anti-rigging
device,is not just subterranean but
an affront on the independence of
the electoral body”

The statement also said based on
the recent ruling of a Federal High
court in Sokoto against the use of
soldiers for election duties,APC was
opposed to use of soldiers for the
elections.