Former minister of defence, Theophilus Danjuma has said that the President Muhammadu Buhari government has plans to use police and soldiers to rig the 2019 elections.
Mr. Danjuma alleged this on Tuesday at the inauguration of a medical laboratory at the Rufkatu Danjuma Maternity Hospital in Takum, his hometown in Taraba state.
He blasted Nigeria’s democracy as primitive, saying there is a plan to cause unrest, which would make some states ungovernable in order to manipulate the elections.
Danjuma said, “We must work hard for peace in addition to just registering and obtaining our permanent voter cards.
“There is no need to fight one another because they will use the police and soldiers to destabilise us and rig the elections.
“It is in our best interest to ensure there is peace. Those behind this plot know that they will not win elections if there is peace. I want to call on you not to sell your votes because you will be selling your birthright if you do so.”
Recall that ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo had also on Sunday in a 16-page letter accused Mr. Buhari of plotting to use the security agencies to rig the coming elections.
The United States had also expressed concerns over the neutrality of security agencies in the 2019 elections.
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