WATCH: ‘Anyone who tries to snatch ballot box will pay with his life’ – Buhari talks tough

President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that anyone that engages in ballot snatching in a bid to rig Saturday’s election will pay dearly for it.

Buhari said during a caucus meeting of the APC on Monday (today) that he wants a peaceful poll.

He said he has nothing to fear regarding the election outcome and has “directed the police and the military to be ruthless.”

“I do not expect anybody to make any disturbance. I have briefed the law enforcement agencies and the military to identify hot spots, flashpoints and they should be prepared to move,” the President said.

“They, too, would have made their own arrangement as much as possible and as resources provide as much as the country can afford it.

“And anybody who decides to snatch ballot boxes or lead thugs to disturb it (election), maybe that would be the last unlawful action he would take.

“We are not going to be blamed that we want to rig elections. I want Nigerians to be respected.

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“Let them vote whoever they want across the parties. I’m not afraid.

“As you said, I have gone round all the 36 states and Abuja. I think I have gotten enough support across the country.

“I am going to warn anybody who thinks he has enough influence in his locality to lead a body of thugs to snatch boxes or to disturb the voting system, he would do it at the expense of his own life.”