CONFESSION: How I rigged elections for the PDP- Mantu

A former deputy president of the Nigerian Senate, Ibrahim Mantu, has revealed how he helped his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), rig elections in the past.

Mantu who declared himself 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.

Asked about his specific role in the rigging, 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.”

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.

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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.

“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.”

Mantu, who was a senator on the platform of the (PDP, made the confession during an interview on Hard Copy, a Channels Television programme that airs on Friday.

 

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