A former deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, has on live TV revealed how he participated in election rigging for his party, PDP.
Speaking on Channels TV’s political show ‘Hard Talk’, he said; “I don’t have to go and change election (results) but when you provide money, you give money to INEC boys that if they see any chance they should favour you, you provide money to the security (personnel),” he said on Channels Television’ Hard Copy.
“I tell you it’s not necessarily when I am contesting election but when my party sponsors a candidate, I will like that candidate to win election.”
Mantu claimed that he became born again in 2017. He was on board with the apology proferred by Uche Secondus, the leader of the PDP, who said that the party was sorry for their transgressions while in power between 1999 and 2015.
He said:”We have failed the people through the ways and politics. It is time for us to ensure that we do not allow the wrong people to lead the people and the nation.
“ As politicians, we have committed sins against the people, by encouraging the things that we should not have encouraged.
“God has totally blessed our country Nigeria with abundant human and natural resources but we have failed to utilize these to improve the quality of lives of the people.”
Mantu also stated situations in which PDP cheated, saying “Winners names were crossed out and replaced with names of those who did not win. It is bad because we imposed those who did not win on the people,
“It is true that we (PDP) ruled with impunity.”