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The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has sarcastically challenged opposition politicians to disclose the number of people they killed during elections as proof of their claims of electoral rigging.
Keyamo made the remarks in a post on his X account on Thursday while reacting to the emerging slogan, “rig and die”, ahead of the 2027 general elections.
He urged Nigerians to embrace the phrase, arguing that it would make it difficult for opposition politicians to blame electoral defeats on rigging after losing elections conducted freely and fairly.
The minister suggested that politicians who allege electoral manipulation should be asked to account for the number of people killed during the polls, claiming that the figures should correspond with the scale of the alleged rigging.
“The new buzz phrase ‘rig and die’ should excite all of us and we should all embrace it,” he wrote.
“The simple reason is that when those who are now trumpeting it lose woefully in a free and fair context, it will be impossible for them to hide their humiliation at the polls under the guise of ‘rigging’ as they have always done.
“This is because we will ask them how many ‘riggers’ they killed on the election day, because the number of those killed by them should be directly proportional to the amount of ‘rigging’ that took place!”
He added: “In other words, they need to show how many people they killed to prove the election was rigged!! Chai!!”
Keyamo’s comments come amid growing political exchanges among parties and their supporters as preparations for the 2027 general elections gather momentum.
