I would not encourage rigging because I campaigned vigorously - Buhari

The 2019 Nigerian Presidential election will hold on Saturday 23rd February 2019. President Muhammadu Buhari has spelled out that he wants the election to be free and fair.

This was made known through the Personal Assistant to the President on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, after the All Progressive Congress (APC) National Caucus Meeting which held Monday 18th February 2019. Read the statement below:

"President Buhari has warned that anybody who decides to snatch ballot boxes in disrupt elections, this will be the last the persons will attempt to do so.

President Buhari has also warned that security forces, including soldiers, have been put on the alert to carry out the task of securing free and fair elections.

President Buhari also at the APC National Caucus Meeting today in Abuja, said he would not encourage rigging because he campaigned vigorously, visiting all the states and has the assurances that he had done well in his campaign.

President Buhari also said the elections should be conducted peacefully in all the 176,000 polling units and after the elections, the government would want to know what happened that caused the INEC to postpone elections."