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2023: APC, opposition parties bicker over digital vote-buying allegations By Henry Umoru & Omeiza Ajayi THE ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, were at each other’s throats, yesterday, over allegations of digital vote buying, codenamed Operation Wire Wire to influence the outcome of the 2023 general polls. Specifically, the CUPP, raised the alarm that the APC had concluded plans to transfer cash to voters via harvested bank accounts, a digital vote-buying method. The opposition parties said the 2023 polls is in potential danger if the alleged moves by APC to unleash operation wirewire (digital vote buying) were not nipped in the bud now, just as they said that over 20 APC states had harvested 10m bank accounts to transfer money to voters on election day. Addressing journalists, in Abuja, the CUPP spokesperson, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, said the new plot of digital vote buying would see to the APC harvest names, account numbers, and Voters Identification Numbers, Bank Verification Numbers of citizens, arranged in tables for each polling unit on the understanding that money would be sent to each person by electronic means to purchase their votes. •APC planning to transfer cash to 10m voters — Opposition parties •Allege ruling party has harvested voters' bank accounts for digital vote buying•Pass vote of confidence in INEC Chairman, Yakubu•Opposition parties spreading rumours to malign Tinubu, says APC PCC PDP, others spreading rumours to malign Tinubu — PCC In a quick counter yesterday, APC Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, accused the CUPP and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of spreading wicked rumours to portray the APC standard bearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in bad light. "If you believe this, you will believe anything. This is a mere rumour concocted by the PDP and surrogate CUPP to malign our candidate. We are working hard to win this election landslide," said Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity, APC PCC. We have intercepted APC’s plans — CUPP However, Ugochinyere, who noted that CUPP had intercepted the plan by the APC to carry out digital vote buying, claimed that information available to it showed that bank details of over 10 million voters had been harvested by agents of the ruling party nationwide, using different platforms. He alleged that plot was hatched soon after the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, announced the Naira redesign policy. Ugochinyere said: “This plot, which has now received the approval at the highest level of the APC and its Presidential Campaign Council, was designed in Imo State and exported to 21 other states of the federation. ''It requires the party’s agents harvesting names, account numbers and Voters Identification Numbers, Bank Verification Numbers of citizens and arranged in tables for each polling unit on the understanding that money will be sent to each person by electronic means to purchase their votes. "In Imo and Ebonyi states, this plot is being executed under the platform of Support Group Coordination, South-East, while in other parts of the South-East, like in Abia, Enugu and Anambra, it is being executed as APC Empowerment Form. ''In Katsina State and other parts of the North- West, the plot is being executed under the Citizens Grassroots Farmers Association; in Ekiti State, Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello with IGP Alkali Baba, during the IG’s visit to Lokoja, Kogi State, yesterday. Resurgence of kidnapping in the South West Vanguard, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2022 — 5 POCKET CARTOON By Esther Onyegbula they are operating under the Ekiti Development Front, EDF. ''In the North-Central, Operation Wire-Wire is being executed under the North-Central Women for Tinubu. In Cross River State, the details are harvested under the Forum of Tinubu Support Groups. In the rest of the country, the APC is harvesting details using the Vote Canvassing Form." ''Consequently, the CUPP has called on banks and security agencies to work together by identifying the illegal transactions in the banks and reporting same to the security agencies for immediate prosecution. The CUPP released many leaked documents that show the harvested names and bank accounts for the digital vote buying in those states. "Further intelligence we have has intercepted the ruling party's desperation to emerge victorious by any means necessary, including digital vote buying, which is code-named Operation Wire-Wire. This operation, the APC designed immediately after the announcement by the CBN on redesigning the Naira. ''This plot has now received approval at the highest level of the APC, and its campaign councils. It was also designed in Imo State and exported to 21 other states of the federation, it require the party harvesting names, account numbers, and Voters Identification Numbers, Bank Verification Numbers of citizens and arranged in tables for each polling units on the understanding that money will be sent to each person by electronic means to purchase their votes. ''This is a huge threat to the credibility and outcome of the 2023 general election, and it is against the provisions of the Electoral Act. "Let us again start with what happened in Imo State in Oru East, and Oru West axis, especially Awomama, where the following account numbers, voters details, and other personal details have been harvested into the payment schedule and waiting for payment instructions. "Nigerians will be hurt if this election can be sold and bought like crayfish in the ordinary market. We call on the staff of banks to give us informa- Continues on Page 27 L agos-Ibadan Expressway is the only route that links Lagos with other states and if urgent attention is not given to the security situation on that axis, Lagosians may be cut off from other parts of the country as no one would be able to travel on that route because of the fear of kidnapping. — - A y o d e l e Olalere, Journalist Luckily the region has not been pretending when it comes to insecurity. The miscreants operating in the region are not spirits, we only need the political will of the government to pick them up and investigate their network because this is one of the most economically viable highways in Nigeria — - D a y o Emmanuel, Media Practitioner The Southwest governors should take the bull by the horn and do all that is necessary to arrest the rising insecurity in the region. Police and other security agencies should be mobilized and motivated to keep 24- hour security surveillance in the region. — - S t e p h a n i e Agbaje, Entrepreneur The security situation in the Southwest shows the level of hypocrisy of the APC government. Southwest governors are not willing to address the issue because they are looking for support from Fulani cabals. Nigerians have been surrounded by evil people and secured by the same evil people. Where is safety? —Shaykh Al- Faedooni, Politician Unfortunately, our leaders are busy with the 2023 election. The failure of the national security architecture is glaring. The security breakdown in the North should serve as a warning to the Southwest. They should act quick before it becomes too late. — H o p e Nworah, Security consultant The Southwest is not safe; It has been invaded by bandits and kidnappers. I suggest that drones should be deployed to the zone especially the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway for proper monitoring. The bandits are in the bushes and can be flushed out with new technology. —Raymond Tedunjaye, Publisher
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