'Rig, die': Nigerians entitled to protect their votes - Lawyer

Human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong has warned individuals readying to rig elections to beryllium mindful of the consequences, insisting that Nigerians person the close to support their votes and electoral rights.

Effiong said those who prosecute successful thuggery oregon effort to disrupt the electoral process should beryllium prepared to look the consequences of their actions.

"Those readying to rig should beryllium mindful of what whitethorn befall them.

"Nigerians person the close to support their votes and electoral rights," helium said.

The lawyer made the remarks successful a station connected X connected Monday portion reacting to controversies surrounding the expression, “rig and die.”

He clarified that the look did not mean asking radical to ballot for a peculiar campaigner oregon die, but was a informing against electoral manipulation and violence.

Effiong besides questioned the committedness of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to addressing electoral violence, accusing the committee of failing to authorisation governmental parties, institutions oregon individuals progressive successful pre-election violence.

He wondered wherefore INEC would endanger sanctions against those who prosecute successful unit during elections when, according to him, the committee had not demonstrated akin committedness to tackling unit earlier elections.

The lawyer fu...