The Presidency says that President Muhammadu Buhari’s comment on ballot box snatchers is a “strong message’’ against the long history of savagery associated with elections in the country. He said, therefore, that the president should be praised rather than criticised for issuing “the stern warning to potential ballot box snatchers’’. He said, “Snatching ballot boxes often entails putting the lives of innocent Nigerians at risk. They storm election venues in commando style, overwhelm the law-enforcement agents and seize ballot boxes, leaving a trail of death and injury. “This sounds like members of the opposition, specifically the Peoples Democratic Party, who have perfected plans to rig the elections and to snatch ballot boxes.

Source: Punch February 19, 2019 16:11 UTC