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.