Agbaje said, “For those sending death threats, I am not afraid of death. I am a devoted Christian and Anglican. I served in the DSS for 30 years and my life was not threatened.”
By Jeffrey Agbo
Lagos State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Olusegun Agbaje, has said he is not afraid of death.
Agbaje stated this on Sunday during the collation of the just-concluded governorship elections in Lagos.
He warned politicians to desist from sending him death threats, noting that elections are won at the polling units and not at the collation Centre.
He said, “Election should not be a do-or-die affair. It is the work of INEC to midwife good elections. Snatching of ballot boxes is not good at all.
“Also it is not feasible for any REC, including myself, in Nigeria to manipulate any election at this time.”
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Agbaje added, “For those sending death threats, I am not afraid of death. I am a devoted Christian and Anglican. I served in the DSS for 30 years, and my life was not threatened, so my working with INEC for a few number of years should not make me fear death. I pray every day, so I don’t fear death.”
On her part, the Returning Officer for Lagos, Prof. Adenike Oladiji, stressed that results at the collation centre are results collated in each local government area. “This place is a collation centre, we are not able to influence any results that were collated in each local government area,” she said.
Before the February 25 polls, Agbaje squared up with several political parties who claimed he was going to collaborate with a known APC transport union leader, Musiliu Akinsanya aka MC Oluomo in distributing election materials across Lagos.
