NDC will rig anybody who rig 2027 elections – Obi

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), has vowed that his camp will “rig those who rig” the 2027 normal elections.

Obi made the assertion on Wednesday throughout an NDC city corridor assembly in Nasarawa State, the place he addressed get together supporters on electoral integrity and the necessity to strengthen Nigeria’s electoral system.

“Let me assure you, number one, this coming election, we will rig those who rig it,” he mentioned.

The former Anambra State governor added that, if elected president, he would make sure that electoral malpractice was eradicated in Nigeria.

“And let me assure you, number two, if elected the president of Nigeria, nobody will rig the election in this country again,” he mentioned.

Obi additionally referred to as for stricter enforcement of academic necessities for candidates searching for elective places of work, insisting that anybody contesting an election should have attended major and secondary college.

He warned that people who solid academic certificates or failed to fulfill the stipulated necessities would face imprisonment.

The NDC presidential candidate additional vowed to prosecute public officers and different people discovered responsible of electoral fraud below his administration.

“For you to contest the election, you must have attended a primary school, you must have attended a secondary school, and it will be visible, it will be clear,” he mentioned.

“Any high-ranking official, anybody who is involved with the election, under my watch, that rigs the election, will go to jail.”

Obi confused that his administration would make sure that everybody, no matter their standing or place, complied with the regulation.

He mentioned his ambition was to remodel Nigeria by strengthening public establishments, selling accountability and guaranteeing that no particular person was above the regulation.

“Under my watch, Nigeria must be a country that has a law and votes from number one person to the last person must obey the rule of law. Nobody will be above the law. Nobody will behave rascally,” he mentioned.