[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Presidency has reaffirmed President Muhammadu Buhari’s warning that ballot box snatchers in the forthcoming general elections will do so at the expense of their lives.
Buhari had issued the warning on Monday at the national caucus meeting of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja.
“Anybody who decides to snatch boxes or lead thugs to disturb the election, maybe that would be the last unlawful action you would take,” the President said, adding that, “I have given the military and police the order to be ruthless. I am going to warn anybody who thinks he would lead a body of thugs in his locality to snatch boxes or to disturb the voting system; he would do it at the expense of his/her own life.”
The statement had since attracted more negative than positive reactions as most Nigerians who commented on it have argued that there are prescribed laws for electoral offences.
Ballot snatching in Nigeria attracts a jail term of 2 years.
