Sheikh Ahmed Gunmi, a renowned Islamic scholar and preacher, on Thursday, says the 2019 general elections in Nigeria, in which President Muhammadu Buhari was declared winner, remained the worst in Nigeria’s history.
YaahooJournalist reports that Gunmi made this comment when he played host to the General Overseer of the Evangelical Bible Outreach Ministry, Jos, and the Convener of the Movement of Initiative of a Brighter and Better Nigeria, Prophet Isa El-Buba, at his Kaduna residence on Thursday, September 20.
Sheikh Gunmi video evidence made available to him showed that few people generated millions of votes in the last polls.
The Islamic cleric noted that the current Buhari-led government of the All Progressives Congress claimed it was fighting corruption, yet allegedly rode on corruption to return to power.
Sheikh Gunmi also said Buhari had damaged the economy such that it would take 40 years to rebuild.
According to Sheikh Gunmi, ‘The last election was the worst ever. Election should never be rigged again. We invited the INEC, APC and PDP, and told them, ‘This is what we will do to stop rigging in 2015.’ When the election came, we realised we were handicapped because Nigerians were ignorant but they failed to realise that Nigerians could create an independent poll.
“In 2015, we saw that INEC was not ready for a flawless election. Then another government came with the mantra of change and anti-corruption. I expected the 2019 election to be neat, but I found it to be the worst I have ever witnessed.
“Many people came to me from all over the country; some came with videos and told me those millions of votes you see were coming from just a few hundreds.
“When the results were announced, they said, ‘We told you.’ So, what is the card reader meant for? How can you say you are fighting corruption and you are riding on corruption to come back and create economic damage that will take maybe 40 years to correct?”