President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said in the forthcoming 2019 general elections, Nigerians must be allowed to vote for candidates of their choice.He said citizens’ will should not by any means be tampered with.According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, while receiving members of the Joint United Nations, African Union and ECOWAS Good Offices Mission on Elections at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He added, “I am highly qualified to talk on this, having ended in the Supreme Court three times, after participating in elections with disputed results.
“Where will a man looking for where his next meal would come from, have money to hire lawyers, particularly senior advocates?”
Thanking the joint team for being in touch with Nigerian institutions, particularly the Independent National Electoral Commission, the President noted that multi-party democracy gives lots of choice to the people.
Source: Punch News Paper
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