Oke to APC: Ondo election not available for rigging

The governorship candidate of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in the November 26 election in Ondo State, Chief Olusola Oke, has warned that the era of election rigging and the use of federal might to rig has gone forever and asked those contemplating such to perish the thought.
Oke, who spoke against the backdrop of insinuations from certain quarters over boasts by members of  the  All Peoples Congress (APC) to use federal might to win the election at all cost advised that the electoral process in Nigeria has grown beyond the era of ballot boxes snatching and stuffing.
Oke who spoke though the Chairman of his Media and Publicity, Mr Kolawole Olabisi, in Akure on Thursday on his way to Ose local government area of the state in continuation of his meet-the-people campaign tour, while commending President Muhammadu Buhari who he described as a democrat, warned that those planning to rig should be ready for the wrath of the people.
His words: “We have a President who is a democrat and a complete gentleman, one who does not believe in this rigging plan members of his party are preaching.
“Those who believe in snatching of ballot boxes should know that that belongs to the past, it is now anachronistic; those who  think that results can be manufactured for them and be announced should know that that is no longer fashionable.
“It is very ridiculous that people can boast of rigging and scaring the people in this era. Our electoral processes has grown over time and with the introduction and insistence on the use of card readers for the election, how much can somebody do?”
While describing as laughable the antics of those who think that this was the APC primaries that they can rig with ease, Oke regretted that it was lamentable that while he was busy traversing the length and breadth of the state, some people sit in the comfort of their offices threatening the people to rig with federal might.
Warning that people who want to rig the election must be ready for the consequences, Oke insisted that the election cannot be rigged by anybody.
“This election is not available for rigging. Power now resides with the people and they will determine who they want. And I am relying on the strength of the people of Ondo State for this election. That is why till the very last day of the campaigns, I will relate with them, canvass for their votes. Let them come out in their numbers and cast their votes for me.
“Let those who are boasting of rigging come along and manipulate the election; it is ridiculous, this whole idea about federal might because it doesn’t exist anywhere, it is an illusion”, Oke stated.