Festus Keyamo, Director, Strategic Communications of All Progressives Congress, APC, Campaign Council has backed President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s death threats to ballot box snatchers ahead of the 2019 presidential election.<\/p>\n
Keyamo defended Buhari, saying the President was 100 percent correct constitutionally, by making the comments and that he would even encourage him to repeat it.<\/p>\n
Keyamo, appearing on Channels Tv, tackled Dino Melaye over Buhari\u2019s statement, noting that ballot box snatching is treason and therefore punishable by death.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cI think I have listened to so many uninformed comments.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat the president said is 100 percent correct, defensible and I will urge him to repeat it over and over again.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe President said that whoever leads a band of thugs to go and snatch ballot boxes will pay dearly for it with his life. That is a correct statement of the law.<\/p>\n
\u201cBallot box snatching is robbery. Ballot box snatching is armed robbery. Ballot box snatching is thwarting the will of the people<\/p>\n
\u201cBallot box snatching is changing a government by force, It\u2019s treason. All are punishable by death.<\/p>\n
\u201cDino, you should spend more time in your Law Classes than (clowning) in hospitals.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari said he has ordered security agencies, to ensure the general election goes on smoothly.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the party\u2019s caucus meeting on Monday, Buhari made it clear that anyone who tries to disrupt the electoral process, will be doing so \u201cat the expense of his own life\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will warn those who has planned to disrupt the peaceful elections to desist from their planned actions.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnyone who tries that is doing it at the expense of his own life,\u201d President Buhari said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Festus Keyamo, Director, Strategic Communications of All Progressives Congress, APC, Campaign Council has backed President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s death threats to ballot box snatchers ahead of the 2019 presidential election. Keyamo defended Buhari, saying the President was 100 percent correct constitutionally, by making the comments and that he would even encourage him to repeat it. Keyamo, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14],"tags":[38,251,297,345,235],"class_list":["post-4964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-election","tag-inec","tag-keyamo","tag-law","tag-president"],"yoast_head":"\n