The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm that some people, suspected to be agents of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have resorted to buying of permanent voter cards (PVCs), in the wake of the recent postponement of the general election.

In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday by its national publicity secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party also said to achieve this, the ruling party had created a company to provide N50, 000 loans each to “empower” women.

According to the statement, anyone seeking to get the loan must provide her PVC as “collateral,” which it said was basically the essence of the establishment of the company.

APC said it was now getting clearer by the day what the PDP-led Federal Government sought to gain by forcing the postponement of the elections for six weeks.

The party, however, warned those behind the acts to desist from such tactics, which it said reflected the desperation of some people to hold on to power at all cost, even when “it is clear that Nigerians have widely rejected them due to non-performance, massive corruption and profligacy under their watch.”

It also appealed to its members and supporters in particular, and Nigerians in general, not to sell their PVCs under any guise, saying that “it is the only power they have to effect a meaningful change that can ensure the deliverance of democratic dividends to them.

“Our members have alerted us to the fact that PDP agents have been operating in all villages between Kobape and Orile-Imo, along the Sagamu-Abeokuta Expressway in Ogun State, giving N10, 000 to each poor villager and collecting their PVCs.

“The PDP agents are also promising each villager a monthly stipend of N10, 000 if and when their party assumes office in the state.

“Indications are that this objectionable PVC mop-up is being replicated in all opposition strongholds by the frenzied PDP, hence we at the APC have decided to alert the nation to the reprehensible act,” he said.

Reacting to the allegation, the spokesperson of PDP in Lagos, Mr Taofeek Gani, called it another blackmail, while also daring the APC to provide evidence of the allegation.

“This is, indeed, another blackmail. They should provide evidence. We don’t even have such money to play with and we are not desperate.

“On the contrary, it is APC that has resorted to laughable ‘Father Christmas’ gestures in the state, such as giving free shops to market leaders, paying civil servants bonuses and buying non-indigenes PVCs from INEC,” he said.