Former Minister of Petroleum resources, Prof Tam David-West says anyone
caught involving in election rigging deserves to be sentenced to death.
Speaking in Port harcourt, Rivers state to Punch over the contentious
Saturday governorship election in the state, David-West said election
riggers are worse than armed robbers and that sentencing them to death
when apprehended is the only way Nigeria can have peaceful, free and
fair elections
"I have said that election riggers should get death sentence. Rigging
election is worse that armed robbery. If an armed robber can be
sentenced to death, election riggers must face similar punishment. That
is the only way we can have peaceful, free and fair election in this
country. It (election) was a sham. From all I heard, in Buguma,
Asari-Toru, there was no election as a result of sporadic shooting in
the area. Surprisingly, INEC released a result. It is wrong for anyone
to say that the conducted election is good. Is that some people see the
death as goodness? If an election is fraught with violence and other
forms of malpractices, if it is not corrected, it would stain the
performance of INEC.” - he said
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