The Forward With Buhari Campaign
Team (FWB) , says has kicked off registration of Volunteers of its
initiative tagged “National anti-rigging Volunteers.”
The Secretary of the Group and
Human Rights Lawyer, Dr Kayode Ajulo disclosed this in Lagos on
Wednesday after a meeting with stakeholders.
He explained that the initiative was
aimed at check mating vote rigging across the nation in the 2019 presidential
elections.
The group was unveiled in
Abuja on Tuesday in a ceremony hosted by the Chairman of Nigeria
Governors Forum, Alh. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State and other
Governors-members, of the forum.
Ajulo said the initiative was part
of the group’s proposed mass mobilisationation and mandate protection which it
intended to employ, in ensuring that the re-election bid of President Muhammadu
Buhari was not scuttled by vote riggers.
He said the group had already
commenced the recruitment of young Nigerians as volunteers, who will be
equipped with necessary Information Communication gadgets, that would be used
to expose any form of rigging or voters inducement, particularly, the
opposition during the poll.
“We are aware, that the opposition
is preparing to disorganise the forthcoming Presidential election, judging by
its recent public statements.
“Nigerians in their millions wants
President Buhari re-elected. What we are out to do is to ensure that the will
of the majority of Nigerians prevails at the polls.
“It will be a huge loss to Nigerians
if their wishes are scuttled by a few unconscientious politicians who are more
interested in self than the generality of the people,” he said
He further said that some
lovers of President Buhari and Nigerians in Diaspora had pledged sufficient
equipment, which would be deployed to volunteers across the 774 Local
government areas in the country with a Situation Control Room located in Abuja,
the Federal capital and Zonal offices.
Ajulo urged Nigerians to sustain
their beliefs, in the ability of President Muhammadu Buhari, to take Nigeria to
the next level, while restating that “Nigerians shall resist any attempt
to truncate democracy and return Nigeria to the inglorious era of the PDP.”
He asked Nigerians to recollect that
PDP had been used to rigging and now afraid of their shadow which is the
rationale for raising alarm on rigging.
“The online recruitment kicked off
this morning. At the end, we will hold meetings and educate volunteers at
various state and zonal levels on effective monitoring and how to deploy
equipment to monitor elections,” he said.
