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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday threatened to terminate the lives of ballot box snatchers.

Mr Buhari while speaking at the caucus meeting of the All Progressive Congress (APC) strongly warned those who wish to thwart the will of the people to shelve their plan or pay with their live when caught.

To further explain how serious he was while issuing the threat, the president said he has ordered security agencies to waste the life of anyone trying to cart away ballot boxes or intends to disrupt voting process.

This has attracted reactions from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who criticised the president’s position on election rigging.

Is the president’s threat constitutional? POLITICS TIMES reports that the Electoral Act (2010), says otherwise and does not prescribe death for any electoral offence.

Section 129 (4) of the Electoral Act states, “Any person who snatches or destroys any election material commits an offence and is liable on conviction to 24 months imprisonment.”

In terms of electoral violence, the act stipulates in Section 131 that anyone found culpable “is liable on conviction to a fine of N1,000, 000 or imprisonment for a term of three years.”

VERDICT: The president’s comment is unconstitutional since we are in a democratic regime. It is only applicable in a military regime and can be likened to that of a dictator.

Source: https://politicstimesng.com/is-buharis-threat-to-ballot-box-snatchers-constitutional-find-out/

Don't mind the sinking tyrant and his bunch of occult morons.


They are the ones twisting the word of the murderous tyrant to suit there murderous inclinations. Supporters of this idiocy are the reason there are large scale killings in the land on daily basis.

Nowhere did tyrant mention ARMED ballot snatching. But his hopeless supporters had to import that into the narrative just to satisfy their god's quest for innocent blood. Even armed robbers are not killed extra judicially except in cases of self-defense. It's folks like the tyrant supporters that lynch people on the street for stealing bread. No single value for human life.

The tyrant threatened POTENTIAL "ballot snatchers" with military extra judicial killings DURING AN ELECTION WEEK and they are here and there supporting it.

Shame on all of you, if you are one of those who support this madness.

Mohomodu Buhary can never change as a tyrant.


“The Electoral Act (2010), however, does not prescribe death for any electoral offence.

The maximum sentence for snatching of ballot boxes is 24 months in prison.

Section 129 (4) of the Electoral Act states, “Any person who snatches or destroys any election material commits an offence and is liable on conviction to 24 months imprisonment.”


Those supporting this shoot-at-sight order of Buhary should watch their back. RIP in advance to innocent Nigerians who will be labeled ballots box snatchers.

I'm totally in support of it, snatch the ballot box and let Buhari make an example out of you!

And yes, we need a Tyrant to right all the wrongs of the morally depraved, Nigeria is really not a conventional society.

Yes it is....

It's due process..

"It's NECESSARY process...

PDP has no plan for fair & credible elections, all they are after is power by all means,THEY know nothing beyond rigging, looting & destruction....

THEY WILL BE STOPPED

If you plan to snatch ballot box or compromise the electoral process in anyway, PMB has a message for you: you are doing so at the expense of your life. In clear terms, rig and die. Consider your life before snatching that ballot box. No politician is worth losing your life for. The OP and the electoral act can’t save you. Atiku or the politician you intend to snatch a ballot box for won’t even attend your burial. You have been warned. Period.

Nigerians and yeye constitution, people just quote the lopsided constitution when they want it to favour them,with the stupid constitution u quoted, if your own immediate family members are killed by ballot box snatchers and thug,will u be happy and take your fate if this aspect of the constitution is allowed to be the judgment on them?we all know we are in a country where people do not like playing by the rules,so anyone who goes snatching ballot boxes do so at the risk of his or her life

seunmsg:
If you snatch ballot box, you are doing so at the expense of your life.

i once worked as an adhoc staff of inec, they tell us including the security agents not to struggle, pursue or fight with anybody trying to steal the ballot box. Cause they automatically cancel the polling unit. So the police usual dont stop, leaves them.

Buhari thinks he is smart !! that was clearly a call for the military to use all possible force to make sure he wins the elections, expect to hear lies of imaginary box snatchers appear every where on the east and middle belt as the Army intimidate populations not loyal to Buhari.

seunmsg:
If you snatch ballot box, you are doing so at the expense of your life.

kunmiiii:
I'm totally in support of it, snatch the ballot box and let Buhari make an example out of you!

And yes, we need a Tyrant to right all the wrongs of the morally depraved, Nigeria is really not a conventional society.

modath:
Yes it is.

Oga we are in a democratic setting. Tell Buhari to sign the amended electoral act into law first. There is no other way to thwart the will of the people other than refusing to sign that bill into law.

Don't support Illegality because it might one day hunt you down.

modath:
Yes it is....

It's due process..

"It's NECESSARY process...

PDP has no plan for fair & credible elections, all they are after is power by all means,THEY know nothing beyond rigging, looting & destruction....

THEY WILL BE STOPPED

Oh the threat is for PDP strongholds?

Firefire:
Mohomodu Buhary can never change as a tyrant.


“The Electoral Act (2010), however, does not prescribe death for any electoral offence.

The maximum sentence for snatching of ballot boxes is 24 months in prison.

Section 129 (4) of the Electoral Act states, “Any person who snatches or destroys any election material commits an offence and is liable on conviction to 24 months imprisonment.”


Those supporting this shoot-at-sight order of Buhary should watch their back. RIP in advance to innocent Nigerians who will be labeled ballots box snatchers.

You can always be counted on to support any kind of criminality as long as it's anti your political sentiment.

Go and carry ballot box if you dare, you'd think it's Obasanjo era you & anonimi dey do, you go damo, try am.


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yomi96:
i once worked as an adhoc staff of inec, they tell us including the security agents not to struggle, pursue or fight with anybody trying to steal the ballot box. Cause they automatically cancel the polling unit. So the police usual dont stop, leaves them.

Which is bad cos all a " criminally smart" politician needs to do is to arrange snatching of ballot boxes in his opponent's strongstronghold ..... The practise need to be stopped...



P.S.... Anybody wey like quote me, cry in my mentions, whoever dem born in generation well amongst una, help politician to rig.... You will explain to your maker.

modath:
Which is bad cos all a " criminally smart" politician needs to do is to arrange snatching of ballot boxes in his opponent's strongstronghold ..... The practise need to be stopped...



P.S.... Anybody wey like quote me, cry in my mentions, whoever dem born in generation well amongst una, help politician to rig.... You will explain to your maker.

so they should get involved and die like that abi, those guys get beta weapon pass police o. Nigeria is not worth diein for o.

Limitednow:
Oga we are in a democratic setting. Tell Buhari to sign the amended electoral act into law first. There is no other way to thwart the will of the people other than refusing to sign that bill into law.

Don't support Illegality because it might one day hunt you down.

Please just stop okay, Nigeria's elections have historically been marred by violence, a good number emanating from conflicts with ballot box snatchers, and an estimated 5.4million lives lost since the fourth republic, how many have been convicted...due process in this country is flawed, and the people that commit these heinous crimes are defective, and don't deserve a day in court!

Sai Baba

kunmiiii:
Please just stop okay, Nigeria's elections have historically been marred by violence, a good number emanating from conflicts with ballot box snatchers, and an estimated 5.4million lives lost since the fourth republic, how many have been convicted...due process in this country is flawed, and the people that commit these heinous crimes are defective, and don't deserve a day in court!

I want to ask, why didn't he give such orders to security agencies when herdsmen were having a field day slaughtering farmers?

Why didn't he unleash the IPOB treatment on killer herdsmen if he is truly out to sanitize the polity?

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Interestingly Ballot box snatching has drastically reduced over the years..

Meanwhile let's do a challenge eh...

Google "ballot box snatched Nigeria -life -Buhari" and tell me which party comes up the most in the searches...





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Baba is a non-apologetic tyrant....he just exhibiting his talent.

Baba is just being emotional about this election maybe because he's seeing FAILURE! Baba is trying to protect the Votes wey fit carry am enter, baba is just trying to use every available tactics to protect his SALVATION VOTES. If you are the one. Won't you try protecting your SALVATION VOTES. WELDONE BABA.


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Must it be?

People shld not try n snatch ballot! simple.


Afterall ballot snatching is not constitutional.

I hate buhari but he is right on this as long as it cuts across any political thug including apc's!

This should deter thugs from snatching the ballot box

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