Even I don’t have PVC, Sultan of Sokoto tells GEJ

\The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Sa’ad Abubakar III, might not be voting at the upcoming election because he has got no Permanent Voters’ Card, PVC.

Abubakar disclosed this in Sokoto when he received President Goodluck Jonathan, who was in the state for a political rally in his palace yesterday.

“Let’s respect people’s wishes; let’s not try to disenfranchise anybody. We have had issues of the PVCs and I want to tell you that even myself, I don’t have a PVC, so it means I will not vote on February 14.

“So, we have to look for a way out. It is for your government to now look for what to do; how to ensure that all the cards get to the voters before the voting day or in the alternative, find a way out because in any problem there is a solution and we believe you will find solutions as regard this very serious hitch facing us because millions of Nigerians seem to be heading towards disenfranchisement and they won’t be able to vote but I have heard comments from the INEC Chairman. We are still waiting for our cards to come.”

The Sultan said the difficulties in obtaining the PVC was one of the challenges bothering him and other leaders as it appeared millions of Nigerians would be disenfranchised during this year’s general elections.