The acting Inspector General of Police (IG) Mohammed Adamu Tuesday in Abuja, echoed President Muhammadu Buhari, threatening that anyone who engages in ballot box snatching during Saturday’s poll will face the music.

Adamu, who issued the threat while briefing journalists after a meeting of service chiefs, including the IG with Buhari in the State House, said the heads of security agencies met with the president, reviewed the security situation in the country and resolved to ensure adequate security during the polls.

According to him, thuggery, touting and ballot box snatching during the polls will be met with grave resistance.

By his declaration, the IG was only echoing Buhari who at the national caucus’ meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the party secretariat in Abuja on Monday, said he had ordered the security agents to deal ruthlessly with anyone who snatches ballot boxes or attempts to undermine the integrity of the polls even at the cost of his own life.

Buhari also said any politician portraying himself to be popular in his domain and hence hoping to exploit such popularity to hire thugs to snatch ballot boxes during the elections, will do so at the expense of his own life.

The president’s comment has however been condemned by many, who reminded him that the punishment for ballot box snatching is imprisonment for a period of time and not instant death as threatened by the president.

But the IG restated the president’s threat, insisting that whoever engages in any criminal act on election day should be prepared to bear the consequence.

However, Adamu encourages law abiding citizens to freely go out on Saturday and cast their votes without any fear of molestation.

He assured citizens that security agents will duly protect them and guarantee their safety.

“Today, members of the security community and intelligence community came and briefed Mr. President on the security situation in the country.

“We deliberated on the consequences and came up with the resolve to further provide adequate security within the country so that the electorate will come out and cast their votes without any fear of molestation.

“Every Nigerian is encouraged to come out on the election day and cast his or her vote without any fear of molestation. The security personnel are ready and prepared to protect everybody.

“Anybody that feels that he can come out and disrupt process should have a rethink because that situation will not be allowed. If you plan and allow yourself to be used as touts, whatever happens to you, you will take it.

“Ballot box snatching, ballot buying, thuggery will never be allowed. Anybody that is planning to snatch ballot boxes or planning to be used as a tout, will have him or herself to blame on election day. So, you better don’t allow yourself to be used,” he threatened.

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Good.... It doesn't matter whether the INEC Chief differs or not.... What matters is that the CIC has given the order and it must be carried out. INEC chair has power over election while PMB has power over troops deployment.


Besides this order has put the camp of PDP in disarray and am so happy as the order take they pepper them.

According to him, thuggery, touting and ballot box snatching during the polls will be met with grave resistance.

He's not echoing anybody. He's simply doing his job. "Grave resistance" is different from "at the expense your life."

Nawa o! Why would any sane human being support Ballot box snatching? Thugs who snatch such don't come to the polling units with snacks and drinks to share to voters. Rather, they are heavily armed and ready to kill anyone that stands in their way. Are those the people PDP are shouting shouldn't be killed but be arrested and tried in our corrupt courts? What's even the
punishment for ballot box snatchers? A paltry
2 million Naira fine or 2 years in d prison? Is that one punishment for people that come
to a polling unit harmed with dangerous
weapons and ready to kill anyone that stand
in their way? Snatch and die is not good
enough sef. It should be snatch and die a slow
painful death..... As for PDP, they can go drown in the lagoon for all I care. All we know is, Snatch a box and rot in hell

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Why are all the agents of the present government obessessed with only the "ballot box" threat? What about the overt rigging perpetuated in the Osun rerun election with the aid of a supposed neutral security agencies?

The most fearful form of election rigging is the INEC manipulation of figures.Thank God for the persistent pressure of foreign observers.INEC & the moribund APC government are being checkmated bumper to bumper.

Let it also be known that LYNCHING awaits any FORCE MAN seen colluding with or aiding the ruling party. They did it in Osun ... We ready for them now!!

I am truly ashamed to be a Nigerian sha.

With all the security apparatus deployed for elections, Police, civil defense etc, why should anyone even have the slight chance of stealing or even thinking of stealing ballot boxes? The fact that it has been happening and could still happen is a shame on the part of our security formations.

It's even a bigger shame that the president would make the comment he made. I expected something like

"......The days of ballot box snatching are over, all polling units are/will be tightly secured you cannot try it this time"

Infact Nigeria matter don tire me. as if nairaland increases my headache, seeing the way some young educated guys are here supporting with their lives, whatever the old demented man does. We are all in Nigeria, we shall continue to suffer together if ur baba wins.

Off nairaland, d bigotry, tribalism, hatred is becoming too irritating. Una bye bye

Snatch and die...

Simple

You try it. You meet your ancestors.

I'm with the president and IG on this, Those ballot box snatchers deserves a severe retribution

The goro chewing teeth man from bourdillion and his thugs like MC oluomo are the ones planning to snatch election materials

GOV. WIKE: If you rig election or snatch ballot boxes in Rivers State you'll die.

WAILERS: Yes, I hail you, my Governor. Kill everyone of them. Anyone that manipulates the electoral process must die. He won’t leave this our PH alive.

GOV. FAYOSE: Anyone who brings his rigging madness to Ekiti State will not go home alive. He will die on the spot. In fact, Ado Ekiti will be on fire

WAILERS: That's my hero. The brave man of Ekiti. Yes, kill anyone you see snatching ballot box. Oloshi !

PRESIDENT BUHARI: Anyone who snatches ballot box is risking his life. He could be killed.

WAILERS: Arrhhh! Why? Is that what the law says? Buhari is a tyrant. We reject this recourse to impunity. Say no to dictatorship.
Yeye man! Dictator ! Killer!
- Bello Babatunde Ayoade.

Charlieluvboy:
Please I'm in need of a job. Can anyone help me with one. Thanks in advance.

Ask MANABBQGRILLS

Simple as ABC

Snatch ballot box and die. Simple

These are the types of drastic measures to be undertaken in an insane environment like ours, where all a crazy person thinks of on election day is ballot box snatching.

All what I know is Pmb till 2023

Hmm, say no to box snatching

Good

D man get sense, him just used small English scatter ground.


Watch as some E-diot will keep arguing that he's saying the same thing as PMB.

MC OLUOMO LISTEN TO THIS NEWS. WE PDP ARE HAPPY CAUSE OF LAGOS IDIOT THUG

Clean clear message.
Rig and die.
snatch and die.
BMCs and APCs E-warlords take note. Relay to your fied BMCs. Nigerian will vote peacefully to show buhari enough is enough of incompetence,nepotism and tribalism.

The ballot snatcher will not come wit ordinary hand if they start exchanging bullet with the security operative bullet will hit the innocent buhari why did u like blood

Police dnt be bias

Very good

Some Nigerians are hypocrites that would cricitice killing ballot box snatcher but would be happy when the police or army kills the armed robbers who have come to Rob them in the night. Ballot box snatcher are bigger than armed robbers cos they are robbing the nation of good governance.
#saynotoboxsnatching.

This way, no time

SOFTENGR:


He's not echoing anybody. He's simply doing his job. "Grave resistance" is different from "at the expense your life."

when you are " resisted" to the " grave"... what is it known as?