Former Secretary to the Authorities of the Federation Babachir Lawal has claimed that the lately concluded Anambra State governorship election was rigged.
Talking in an interview on Politics Right this moment, a programme on Channels Tv monitored by DAILY POST on Monday, Lawal mentioned, “buildings are used to rig elections; buildings are used to defend votes on the polling models.”
His feedback observe the conclusion of the election, by which the incumbent governor, Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, was declared the winner by the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee.
When requested whether or not he had been concerned in rigging elections for the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the course of the occasion’s victories within the 2015 and 2023 common elections, the previous SGF responded: “Some individuals most likely rigged, however the stage at which I used to be concerned within the presidential election, our candidate is such that will tolerate rigging.
“Buhari has at all times advised me in each election that ‘look, SGF, let’s respect Nigerian voters. Allow us to respect their Everlasting Voters Playing cards, PVCs’.”
