Bola Tinubu, APC national leader and presidential hopeful, is urging Nigerians to register to obtain new Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) because the ones they possess have expired.

“Take one family member, take two family members, knock on all doors and make sure that new registration. Because they may not announce to you on time, the PVC you have has expired,” Mr Tinbu claimed. 

According to INEC rules, a PVC can only be replaced if defaced or lost and considers double registration illegal.

“To me, I look at it closely other elections being held; you see that it’s diminishing because those cards is (sic) expired. It is mandatory that you go and register in order to vote and achieve your aspirations,” added the former Lagos governor.

Last March, Mr Tinubu called on President Muhammadu Buhari to authorise immediate recruitment of up to 50 million young Nigerians into the Nigerian Army, saying such action would overwhelm the ragtag groups of insurgents and bandits terrorising the country across multiple flanks.

“We are under-policed, and we are competing with armed robbers and bandits to recruit from the youths who are unemployed —33 per cent unemployed?” Mr Tinubu said at his 69th birthday celebration, held in Kano on Monday. “Recruit 50 million youths into the army.”   

But Mr Tinubu walked back his statement recommending enlistment of 50 million Nigerian youths into the military, saying it was a slip of the tongue.

Mr Tinubu claimed he meant to say five million Nigerians should be recruited into the Nigerian Army to combat raging insecurity instead, according to P.M. News which cited the politician’s spokesman Tunde Rahman.