A former deputy
president of the Nigerian Senate, Ibrahim Mantu, has revealed how he helped his
party to win elections in the past.
Senator
Mantu, who was a senator on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
‘confessed the truth’ during an interview on Hard Copy, a Channels Television
programme that airs on Friday.
Asked
about how he helped to rig elections, he said, “I don’t have to go and change
election (results) but when you provide money, you give money to INEC boys that
if they see any chance they should favour you, you provide money to the
security (personnel); I tell you it’s not necessarily when I am contesting election
but when my party sponsors a candidate, I will like that candidate to win
election.”
The
former Deputy Senate President who pronounced himself as a born-again
politician in 2017 disclosed that he helped to rig elections by providing
financial inducements to officials involved in the conduct of the polls.
He
admitted to having bribed electoral and security officials, even agents of
other political parties in order not to raise any objection to the outcomes of
the elections.
Ahead
of the forthcoming general polls, Senator Mantu, however, believes Nigeria can
get a free and fair election if people are born again like him and refuse to
engage in electoral malpractice.
He
further urged Nigerians to ensure they voted wisely in 2019 and support leaders
who would make the welfare of the people a top priority of their
administration.
“I
am tired of living in poverty in the midst of plenty and I believe that we have
the resources that people can live a decent life without being beggars to those
who have,” Mantu lamented.
“So
we need good governance and good governance can only be provided by good
people; good people who are truly repentant, who are concerned about the
well-being of the people.”
News
source: Channels Television|March 30, 2018.
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Source: Premium Times | March 08, 2016.
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