{"id":65099,"date":"2019-02-24T22:28:13","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T21:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=65099"},"modified":"2019-02-24T22:28:13","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T21:28:13","slug":"buhari-dispatches-ministers-top-aides-to-help-rig-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/buhari-dispatches-ministers-top-aides-to-help-rig-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari Dispatches Ministers, Top Aides To Help Rig Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m-3130658622192078085\" class=\"mail-message \">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">Nervous over an imminent defeat, President Mohammadu Buhari has dispatched some Ministers and Top Aides to proceed to states where votes appear not enough to give him victory.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m-4090819452586871107\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div class=\"m_2303532070854002743ydp417249a7yahoo-style-wrap\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_2303532070854002743ydp417249a7yahoo-style-wrap\">Sources told\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/pointblanknews.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1551127186831000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH00NzSUqwK3uZG5HVEFMTKmtU1VQ\">pointblanknews.com<\/a>\u00a0that Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr. Boss Mustapha and Minister for Interior General Abdulrahman Dambazzau have been sent to different states.<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_2303532070854002743ydp417249a7yahoo-style-wrap\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_2303532070854002743ydp417249a7yahoo-style-wrap\">The two top aides according to insider sources are to help put pressure on Residence Electoral Commissioners in the states of interests to help pad up votes for Buhari.<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_2303532070854002743ydp417249a7yahoo-style-wrap\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_2303532070854002743ydp417249a7yahoo-style-wrap\">\u201cPresident is currently worried from reports of votes he is getting and he has made moves to ensure he gets favorable votes,\u201d according to the source who does not want to be named.<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_2303532070854002743ydp417249a7yahoo-style-wrap\">\n<div class=\"m_2303532070854002743ydp417249a7yahoo-style-wrap\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_2303532070854002743ydp417249a7yahoo-style-wrap\">According to the source\u201d Government officials are meeting \u00a0RECs in the states that Buhari is losing and demanding that they inflate the result.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_2303532070854002743ydp417249a7yahoo-style-wrap\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_2303532070854002743ydp417249a7yahoo-style-wrap\">The source named SGF Boss Mustapha who is sent to Borno State to meet with the INEC REC and Abdulrahman Dambazzau who is dispatched to Kaduna to meet with the REC there.<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_2303532070854002743ydp417249a7yahoo-style-wrap\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_2303532070854002743ydp417249a7yahoo-style-wrap\">Dambazzau arrived Kaduna and is said to be having a closed door meeting with the REC alongside Governor Nasir Elrufai.<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_2303532070854002743ydp417249a7yahoo-style-wrap\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_2303532070854002743ydp417249a7yahoo-style-wrap\">Earlier Today, APC Chairman, Adams Oshiomole was in Kano to meet with the Kano state REC.<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_2303532070854002743ydp417249a7yahoo-style-wrap\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_2303532070854002743ydp417249a7yahoo-style-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"conversation-footer\" class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nervous over an imminent defeat, President Mohammadu Buhari has dispatched some Ministers and Top Aides to proceed to states where votes appear not enough to give him victory. 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