Ibrahim Mantu, a former deputy senate president, has confessed that he helped his party — the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) — rig elections in the past.
Mantu said this when he was being interviewed by Maupe Ogun-Yusuf of Channels Television.
He said he helped the party rig the elections by bribing officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as well as security agents.
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The presenter had asked him to confirm his earlier comments hinting that he helped rig elections, to which he replied: “Let me tell you one thing, yes I did. I am now confessing the truth.”
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“What do I need? I don’t have to go and change election… but you know, when you provide money; you give money to INEC boys to help you, if they see any chance, that they should favour you. You (also) provide money to the security.
See the video below:
Senator Mantu tells me very frankly that he helped rig elections @CTVHardcopy He says he’s now a ‘born again’ politician. Watch tonite at 8.30pm pic.twitter.com/xkbc4iQFNx
— Esther Ogun-Yusuf (@MaupeO) March 30, 2018
Mantu’s confession comes some months after he said he “is now a born again”.
He served as deputy senate president between 1999 and 2007, TheCable reported.