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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, has described the naira and fuel scarcity at the twilight of an election as a form of rigging.
Gbajabiamila stated this in Lagos on Thursday during his constituency outreach programme, where he distributed several items including 116 cars, thousands of laptops, among other items to the beneficiaries.
He also inaugurated the eight mini stadia and provided over 5000 laptops and e-learning tabs for students and teachers in public secondary schools in Surulere, in addition to the empowerment of 15,200 traders, artisans and SMEs.
Speaking, the Speaker stressed that the biting economic situation in the country was a premeditated action to dissuade electorate from voting the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
He stated that the crisis caused by the policy was a plot to rig the elections.
“I was telling some people the other day, when people talk about rigging election, they talk about on the day of the election, they do not know that rigging sometimes starts before election.
“What has happened in Nigeria in the past three weeks, no cash, money in the past weeks; that is noting but rigging the election. It is done for a purpose and the only purpose is to make sure that the man Nigerians love does not win the election.
“But you know why I am happy, I take solace from one thing that God is a wonderful God, that with all their permutations, I see God’s hand in this project,” he said.
Gbajabiamila noted that despite the plot to rig the election with the cash swap policy, there is a huge assurance from Nigerians to come out in full force and cast their vote for Tinubu.
“People are singing in the North, East and West that whether you lock up all the money, close the door to the filling stations, people are saying they will come out to vote,” he said.
He appreciated members of his constituency in Surulere for their support for him since he was first elected as a member of the House of Representatives in 2003, saying that this makes it 20 years of service.