Snatching of ballot boxes, among other electoral malpractices is highly condemnable. It is evil because it perverts the right of the electorate to freely choose their representatives. The President has reportedly come out to threaten suspected ballot box snatchers with shoot at sight. A lot of people have argued about the propriety/legality or otherwise of the shoot at sight order. My concern is the motive behind such an order. I am well aware that the ruling APC and the main opposition PDP are both desperate to outwit the other through legal and illegal means. I believe that both parties have their touts. Part of the duty of touts is to threaten the opposition candidates and their supporters. Part of their job description is to disrupt the voting exercise, including, ballot box snatching. I need to be convinced that the party of the President does not have touts whom they are recruiting, paying, training, encouraging and motivating to do everything illegally possible to favour the ruling party at the polls same way the PDP might be doing but with a promise that they (APC touts) are under protection and 'insurance cover' of the ruling party. The past three and half years has shown that the Nigerian ruling party are clearly partial and selective in their crusades against societal evils. They tend to apply the hammer on the opposition while at the same time parting their supporters at the back for similar offences. Is it going to be the same this time around? Is the alleged shoot at sight order politically motivated? While not in any way supporting ballot box snatching, I need to ask: are the turgs or touts of the ruling APC going to be differentiated and given special security cover while they work for the ruling party while PDP are intimidated with shoot at sight threat? What happens on Saturday 23rd February, 2019 will tell.

Nigerians should be aware already that ballot box snatching will have different judgement.. Take it or leave it....

Chances will be given to APC tout to snatch.. But if other party mostly PDP dares, ur life goes...

Satan punish lifelessness

Iyajison:
Nigerians should be aware already that ballot box snatching will have different judgement.. Take it or leave it....

Chances will be given to APC tout to snatch.. But if other party mostly PDP dares, ur life goes...

Satan punish lifelessness

Are you supporting this?

Useless ranting! RIP for ballot box snatchers.

Iyajison:
Nigerians should be aware already that ballot box snatching will have different judgement.. Take it or leave it....

Chances will be given to APC tout to snatch.. But if other party mostly PDP dares, ur life goes...

Satan punish lifelessness

Hmmmmmmmmmmm! You mean you share same thoughts?

gawu1:
Useless ranting! RIP for ballot box snatchers.

I knew there will be such people as this. Your attitude says it all. You know the President is not sincere, do you? You just want the opposition to be intimidated, don't you?.? Let's see how it goes.

asuustrike1:

Are you supporting this?

No reasonable person supports ballot snatching. That is not the point. There are people who do not hate ballot snatching as long as it is the party they support that engages in such and gets away with it. But if it is the other way round, they shout "stone her to death". They are simply modern day Pharisees.

asuustrike1:

Are you supporting this?

I'm not in support of people snatching ballot box... But from d few gubernatorial elections conducted in some states last year.... We know wat APC are capable of doing

Iyajison:


I'm not in support of people snatching ballot box... But from d few gubernatorial elections conducted in some states last year.... We know wat APC are capable of doing

That's exactly the point. My suspicion is that the APC led federal government wants to intimidate the opposition thugs with death threat while planning same with security cover.