President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday warned that anybody involved in ballot box snatching during the upcoming elections will pay with his or her life.
Speaking in Abuja during the opening session of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caucus meeting at the APC National Secretariat, the president said such an act would be the last unlawful act the person will engage in.
According to him, he has given the security agencies instructions to ensure free and fair elections in the country.
“I do not expect anybody to cause any disturbance. The security agencies have identified hot spots and flashpoints and should be prepared to move. We have made as much arrangement as possible for them as much as the country can afford,” the Nation qouted Buhari as saying.
“Anybody who decides to snatch ballot boxes or lead thugs to disturb the process may be that will be the last unlawful action you will take.
“We have directed the military and other security agents to be ruthless. We are not going to be blamed that we want to rig elections.
“I want Nigerians to be respected and let them vote whomever they want across the parties. I am not afraid of that. I went around the 36 states and the FCT and I think I have enough support across the country to vote for me.
“So, I want to warn anybody who thinks he has enough influence in his locality to lead a body of thugs to snatch ballot boxes or disturb the voting system, he will do it at the expense of his own life.”
