Chidi Samuel|
Nigeria’s former chief of army staff and minister of defence,Theophilus Danjuma, has said that there are plans to use the police and the military to rig the 2019 elections by the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
According to him, there is a plan to cause unrest that would make some states ungovernable in order to manipulate the elections.
Danjuma who described Nigeria’s democracy as primitive, made the allegation on Tuesday at the inauguration of a medical laboratory at the Rufkatu Danjuma Maternity Hospital in Takum, his hometown in Taraba state.
“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.”