‘Nigerians Giving Buhari Excuse To Stay In Power Beyond 2023’- Basket Mouth Reacts To Burning Of INEC Offices

With the current burning of Independent National Electoral Commission offices in some parts of the country by hoodlums, popular Nigerian comedian, Basket Mouth has advised those committing this crime to desist from doing so.

He warned that if the trend continues, Nigerians will be giving the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari an excuse to stay in power beyond 2023 which is the expiration of his tenure.

Talking on his official Instagram page, the comedian posted a video educating those burning down INEC offices in the South East.

Speaking in a blend of English and Pidgin he said; “I have been reading in the news with all the burning of INEC offices across Nigeria. You know these guys are really upset with the way things are going in Nigeria, so their resolve is to burn INEC offices.

“But guess what, what if INEC comes out to say you guys damage their equipment, the server, everything is messed up and they can’t conduct an election in 2023?

“You know wetin go happen? it means that people on top will remain on top, your vex go last for a very long time, You know abi? Fuel now wan hit N380 trust me, the way I dey look this country, by next year fuel go hit like N5000 per liter.

“We go start to dey use horse, donkey, carmel, bicycle, leg. Dey burn the office, dey give them excuse to stay in power.”

The Independent National Electoral Commission is expected to meet heads of security agencies as part of moves to end attacks on its offices in some parts of the country.

It was gathered that the meeting with security chiefs would be held after the commission’s meeting with its resident electoral commissioners on Wednesday.

An INEC official had revealed that the number of the commission’s offices burnt by hoodlums rose to 21 on Sunday night with the attack on the Enugu State headquarters of the electoral body.

It was reported that about 19 offices of INEC had been razed in the last two years on Friday 14th May 2021.

A breakdown of the incidents showed that the most affected states include Akwa Ibom (four), Abia (three) Anambra (two) and Imo (two).

Other states that witnessed fire incidents between February 2019 and May 2021 are Borno, Ebonyi, Jigawa, Kano, Ondo, Plateau and Rivers. Abuja was also affected.

The INEC office in the Obollo-Afor, Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State was razed by a midnight fire last Thursday while on Sunday, the headquarters of INEC in the same state was gutted by fire.

This brings the total number of offices gutted by fire in the last two years to 21.