The All Progressives Congress (APC) on
Monday rejected the allegation that its data
centre in Lagos was used to clone
Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, APC National
Publicity Secretary, during a media briefing
in Lagos said that the centre was only used
by the party to develop the database of its
members.
NAN reports that on Saturday, the APC in a
statement alleged that its data centre in
Lagos was invaded by security agents.
The Department of State Service (DSS) also
on Sunday said that its decision to raid the
premises was as a result of a petition which
alleged that some persons were using the
place to clone PVCs.
Mohammed, however, told newsmen:"The
allegation by the DSS is wrong, nothing but
getting our database went on in this place.".
He said that the invasion was aimed at
destabilising the party.
"I will recall that few months ago, we
embarked on a nationwide membership
registration exercise, in which we were able
to register millions of Nigerians.
"It was as a result of this that we set up six
data centres, including this, across the
country, where we have been inputing into
our computer, database of all our members
to enable us contact and broadcast to
them.
"And as you can see, even from the location
of this office and from the activities going
on here, nothing but compiling of database
is going on here," he said.
Mohammed said that the centre would not
be able to continue with its online and
offline registration exercise as a result of
the invasion and the vandalism of all its
systems.
"We don't know how to clone voters' cards;
if they can come here and destroy our
centre, how then do you talk about level
playing ground in 2015 elections?" he
queried.
Mohammed said that three of the 25
officials of the centre arrested by the DSS
have yet to be released.
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