The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has alleged that the All Progressives Congress, APC, has perfected plans to recruit youths as fake staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to tamper with Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, during the September 21 governorship election.

State chairman of PDP, Dr Anthony Aziegbemi, made the allegations on Friday at a press briefing in Benin City.

Aziegbemi alleged that the party’s intelligence unit uncovered the APC’s sinister plans to recruits the youths as fake INEC staff and technical support staff.

He said the aim of the fake staff was to tamper with the BVAS Machine on the Day of Election to beef up the number of accredited voters of APC on the BVAS machine.

“APC has perfected a plan to use fake INEC Staff posing as Technical Staff to tamper with the BVAS Machine on the Day of Election to beef up the number of accredited voters on the BVAS machine.

“APC knowing that they cannot win the election has resorted to rigging plans which will terribly fail,” he said.

Aziegbemi, who also alleged that APC, instead of uploading human beings as polling agents uploaded “emojis”, added that the party did not upload agents on the INEC designated portal in 3,037 polling units and in 17 LGAs.

He alleged that the party only uploaded polling agents in 1,482 polling units and in one local governments while PDP uploaded in 4,378 polling units.

According to him, in all, APC did not do the right thing in 3,037 polling units. PDP did the right thing in 4,378 polling units, but did not get it right in 141 polling units.

He, however, called on INEC not to allow any political party or all political parties that do not meet the requirements of uploading polling units agents to substitute or effect any change of party agents.

He advised INEC to allow political parties to bear the consequences of not meeting the requirements as stipulated by the electoral act.