Rufai Oseni Speaks Out After Thugs Attack Peter Obi and His Supporters in Lagos

(Rufai Oseni. Photo Credit: Daily Post)

Rufai Oseni is asking why members of the NDC keeps getting attacked and wants to know who is behind the repeated violence.

He also accused the government of winning elections through rigging and disruption.

He spoke on Friday on a television interview, reacting to the disruption of an NDC town hall meeting in Lagos.

Thugs stormed the venue with cutlasses, sticks and stones, forcing people to run for safety.

Peter Obi, the party's presidential candidate, and Funso Doherty, its Lagos governorship candidate, were at the meeting.

Oseni said the attacks have become too frequent and that Nigerians should ask why they keep happening.

"Democracy cannot be built on violence, it will never work," he said.

He said he does not support the idea of "rig and die," but argued that the bigger question is why elections are being rigged in the first place.

Oseni has said he expects nothing to be done about the Lagos attack, which he said is how the government wins elections.

He added that when rigging and disruption do not work, the government turns to the courts to get the result it wants.