The Progressive Yoruba Youths (PYY) has backed president Muhammadu Buhari over strict measures put in place against Nigerians plotting to jeopardise the forthcoming elections.

President Buhari, had yesterday, during the All Progressive Congress’ (APC) caucus meeting threatened to come hard on those with plans to rig the elections.

The president's honest warning didn't go down well with the opposition, who appear hell-bent on reclaiming power by any means whatsoever, even by snatching ballot boxes.

However, the foremost Yoruba youth group has thrown its weight behind the president's latest move to drastically halt this shameless trend.

The Progressive Yoruba Youths offered their support in a press statement released by Kola Salawu, it's National President.

According to the group, the declaration was a wake-up call to security agencies to be unrelenting and decisive in dealing with potential ballot box snatchers, an ugly practice that has been the bane of previous elections.

The PYY added that the target wasn't innocent, law-abiding Nigerians rather miscreants, hiding under the shade of IPOB, state government armed militias, armed terrorists and other scum of humanity that the PDP had mobilized for the purpose of snatching ballot boxes.



“Once these ballot boxes have been snatched the result written under the supervision of our disgraced elder, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, in Abeokuta, Ogun state would have then been substituted for the actual votes in the stolen ballots.

"As part of the scheme, the PDP has compromised some corrupt senior officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), who would have gone ahead to accept the pre-written results since they have pre-thumb printed ballot papers that match the fake results they were to declare.

“More than the angst at the prospect of their errand boys being killed in the course of snatching ballot boxes, the critics of President Buhari’s assertion are pained that their overall plans have been thrown into a shambles because the scheme to rig cannot be implemented in the absence of violence and ballot snatching. The pre-written result in custody of the compromised INEC officials will no longer tally with the vote cast once the ballot snatchers have been put out of commission.

“We therefore see no reason for law abiding citizens to be concerned over the “snatch ballot box and die” comment. Those that had earlier signed up as ballot snatchers have option of refunding the amounts they have been paid to become cannon fodder. They can also opt to hold onto the money they have been paid since it is not possible for the PDP chieftains that mobilized them to sue for breach of contract as an agreement entered into in pursuit of committing a crime is non-enforceable, especially when this particular deal is with the intention to tamper with Nigeria’s democracy.

“It is however pertinent that we point out where our position slightly differ from that held by Mr President. It is not enough to decisively deal with ballot snatchers, who are mere puppets. It is pertinent that the hands manipulating the puppets are decisively dealt with. With the benefit of technology and forensics, law enforcement agencies should track down those that issued the order for ballot snatching and make them pay for their crimes against democracy and for insulting Nigerians in the worst way possible. So we appeal to Mr President to so direct law enforcement agents.

“Those who were to validate and accept pre-written results, made possible by ballot snatching, should be treated as accessories to this nefarious election crime in Nigeria. We understand that several of them have not only been identified but the tainted money they were paid for this coup against the country have been traced to several accounts. Persons that allowed themselves to be compromised in such manners have no business around election matters. They must therefore be immediately arrested and arraigned for trial on the strength of the evidence against them.

“We expected that the directive to security agencies to be ruthless should extend to those that carry out acts of violence in and around voting venues since there are indication that PDP has also recruited thugs to prevent people from voting in areas that are not its stronghold.

"The point must be made for the PDP to understand that it does not have the monopoly of violence and that no individual, organization or political party can match the sanctity of the state and its legitimacy to protect citizens. Law enforcement agencies must therefore be ready at all times to prove everyone wrong that the sovereignty of Nigeria cannot be negotiated with any band of miscreants."

Misguided youths

Born2Breed:
Misguided youths

Ok..just make sure you snatch a ballot box on Saturday...

Do you know there is something spiritual about the candidate you support. My friends that support Atiku are so well off but my few friends that support Buhari are a pity to behold. You can't get five naira from them. Just look around you and verify.

Pls Op correct your headline. Some yoruba youth. Not yoruba youth.

Abeg oooo I don't support jungle justice!

Born2Breed:
Misguided youths

Definitely u are part of the ballot box snatchers and thugs, u are the misguided one here,if u are disciplined and civil u will not encourage ballot box snatching, I will be happy if u go to vote and this thugs attack u get u injured or killed,then we see how ur family will react, maybe they will happy with the thugs, I am just using u as an example

Yoruba Youths!

Na so.

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Yes we support this,snatch ballot box on Saturday and lose ur life

duncun:
I know Nigerians don't learn from their mistakes but, the GREATEST ONE

WILL BE TO LET BUHARI HAVE POWER FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS!

Fulani herdsmen are waiting!
Cattle ranch will be systematically spread across Nigeria.
there will be weeping!

You have the opportunity to stop this tyrant now that the international community is against him.
Don't let the election postponement get a hold of you, strive to vote him out nomatter what it may cost you.

Nigerians will not think, international community is against him u said,what has the international community done for Nigeria in 16yrs of PDP,OBJ paid our debt, are u not in debt again now,u continue to run to them because they know your country is fantastically corrupt, u steal here and go invest in their country, my point to u is what basic Nigeria problem did Pdp solve in 16yrs to improve the suffering of the masses, tell me one apart of sharing the money, looting and corruption

Yoruba youths or zombiefied MC Oluomo agbero youths??..ironically most of them indulge in ballot-snatching as ordered by their god Tinubu..

Clowns.