Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has no plans to rig the 2019 general elections.

During an interview programme on Arise TV on Tuesday, November 20, 2018, Adesina said President Buhari would prefer to lose than rig. He said:

“If anybody would rig election or anything, it will not be President Muhammadu Buhari. He would rather even prefer to lose fair and square.

“He has even said it before that if the only thing he would leave as a legacy for Nigeria is free and fair election, he would do it. Forget that the election would be rigged, that will not happen.”

Tobias Sylvester

Tobias Sylvester is the news editor for Kanyi Daily News and is based in Lagos. Contact Tobias at editor@kanyidaily.com. Got a confidential tip? Submit it here

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