Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has sarcastically reacted to the rising slogan, ‘Rig and Die’, arguing that it might make it more durable for politicians to attribute electoral defeats to rigging. In a submit on X on Thursday, he questioned how these utilizing the slogan would substantiate claims……
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has sarcastically reacted to the rising slogan, ‘Rig and Die’, arguing that it might make it more durable for politicians to attribute electoral defeats to rigging.
In a submit on X on Thursday, he questioned how these utilizing the slogan would substantiate claims of electoral malpractice, suggesting they must account for the variety of individuals killed on election day.
He mentioned: “On a sarcastic note, the new buzz phrase ‘rig and die’ should excite all of us and we should all embrace it.”
Explaining his place, the minister mentioned the slogan may make it troublesome for political actors to attribute electoral defeats to rigging after they had beforehand promoted the phrase.
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He added: “The simple reason is that when those who are now trumpeting it lose woefully in a free and fair context, it will be impossible for them to hide their humiliation at the polls under the guise of ‘rigging’ as they have always done.”
Keyamo additional questioned the logic behind linking alleged electoral malpractice to the variety of individuals killed throughout elections.
He mentioned: “This is because we will ask them how many ‘riggers’ they killed on the election day, because the number of those killed by them should be directly proportional to the amount of ‘rigging’ that took place!”
He concluded by saying: “In other words, they need to show how many people they killed to prove the election was rigged!! Chai!!”
