BY OLA AJAYI
IBADAN — Vice Presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has warned that any attempt to rig April election could result in the historic revolution that ousted the 30 year-rule of Hosni Mubarack.

He said contrary to what happened in 2007 when the matter was taken to court for redress, all grievances would be settled at the polling booths.

Pastor Bakare stressed that the election and collation of results of April election would be properly monitored, noting that the people in the country were fed up with the ruling PDP.

He said this on a radio programme monitored in Ibadan yesterday.

The cleric said, “I expect a free and fair election. Nigerians won’t allow rigging this year. Gen. Buhari has said this year’s election won’t be determined in the court that may still drag for 20, 30 month as experienced in 2003 and 2007”.

“It will be settled at the polling booths. Nigerians themselves are going to insist that the election be free and fair.”

CPC is going to ensure that all our polling agents are prepared for that day. We will pursue election results to collation centres. We will have the report and be ready”, he noted.

He continued saying, “We will win this election because Nigerians are fed up the PDP. They are fed up with the goalless government; they are fed up with a government that has no sense of direction. They think that everything about governance is about themselves. Look at the ridiculous ways they are paying themselves at the expense of the people, millions of whom do not know where the next meal will come from.”

Asked why he had political blood running in his vein, he replied, “I have been politically active from my university days and I’ve not stopped. So, this new development won’t surprise many people who know me well.

I have used every medium to express my idea that my nation, Nigeria can be better than what it is now”.
He added that with Professor Attahiru Jega leading the electoral body, he had no iota of doubts that the commission would conduct a free and fair election.