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<\/p>\nAccording to the lawmaker, vote-buying and possibility of misusing the state machinery by the incumbent may hinder the sources of the election.<\/p>\n
The lawmaker said that the incumbent goverment may indulge in vote buying and abuse of security apparatus.<\/p>\n
He said this development could hamper free and fair election in 2019.<\/p>\n
The Senator spoke on Monday while responding to questions on \u201cFact-finder\u201d, an interactive programme on Sweet FM 107.1 Abeokuta in Ogun State.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a possibility that the incumbent could bring in public resources and share it to people for them to buy their votes. And that has happened in some of the elections in the South West and other part of the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cSecondly, we can\u2019t have a free and fair election unless and until when the security apparatus of the state is neutral.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf they are not neutral or they are abused by the incumbent to threaten others and unleashing terror, arresting members of the opposition and thereby making it difficult to have smooth election. Certainly, there would be threats.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo threats exist, votes-buying and abuse and misuse of state machinery in favour of the incumbent,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Shehu Sani also said his rift with Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai, was because their political ideological differed.<\/p>\n
He said \u201cEven, in 2015, I wasn\u2019t his candidate but I won because he was not the governor. And now he can use the state resources and his proximity to the President. That for me is cowardice.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I say we differ politically and ideologically, the governor of Kaduna State, Nasiru El-rufai is from political establishment.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are people who were brought from obscurity by President Obasanjo from PDP, amassed what they could amass and became what they could become.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe came from PDP political family. In 16 years of PDP, he spent 15 years as a member. So, he is one of those who were baptized in APC and being seen as saints today.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo my pedigree, after being an activist, I joined the Alliance for Democracy, I joined CPC and then APC. You can see my path is different from his path.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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