'Why are they attacking NDC each time?' – Rufai Oseni blasts Tinubu govt

Arise News anchor, Rufai Oseni, has condemned the repeated assaults on members of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, and accused the federal government of profitable elections by rigging and disruption.

Rufai spoke on Friday throughout Arise Television’s ‘Morning Show’, whereas reacting to the disruption of the NDC city corridor assembly in Lagos, the place thugs invaded the venue with cutlasses, sticks and stones and compelled individuals to run for security.

According to him, the assaults on the social gathering have turn out to be far too frequent and Nigerians should start to ask why they’re taking place.

“They should remember that democracy cannot be built on violence, it will never work,” he mentioned.

Rufai mentioned he doesn’t help the thought of “rig and die,” however the deeper query Nigerians ought to ask is why elections are being rigged within the first place.

“I do not support ‘rig and die,’ but the deeper question is why they are rigging in the first place,” he mentioned.

He mentioned nothing will likely be performed concerning the Lagos assault as a result of that’s how the federal government wins elections.

He added that when rigging and disruption fail, the federal government merely turns to the judiciary to get what it desires.

Rufai’s feedback got here hours after thugs disrupted the NDC city corridor assembly in Lagos, the place the presidential candidate of the social gathering, Peter Obi, and the governorship candidate in Lagos, Funso Doherty, have been in attendance.