Tag: Ekiti Elections

Ekiti Polls: APC Did Not Buy Votes – Governor Elect.
Elections, News, Nigeria

Ekiti Polls: APC Did Not Buy Votes – Governor Elect.

The winner at the just concluded Ekiti polls has come out to deny claims that the APC engaged in massive vote buying. Mr Biodun Oyebanji, the governor elect, gave this response when he was presented to President Muhammadu Buhari at Abuja. You will recall that there were videos showing massive vote buying during the election held on Saturday. Officers of the EFCC also arrested APC agents with envelopes full of money suspected to be for vote buying. See Also: INEC Fixes Ekiti, Osun Guber Polls For June 18, July 16 2022 While speaking to President Buhari, he said he did not witness any voter buying. He said "Well, where I voted, I did not witness anything like that. But people are entitled to their opinion but not to their facts." According to him, APC performed so well in the s...
Nigeria: Ekiti Elections – Party Agents Arrested for Sharing Money at Polling Stations
Corruption, News, Nigeria

Nigeria: Ekiti Elections – Party Agents Arrested for Sharing Money at Polling Stations

Security operatives arrested at least five party agents who were sharing monetary incentives at different polling stations in the gubernatorial elections in Ekiti today. Some of them were arrested at Jonathan memorial School, Ajilosun in Ado Ekiti. Two gubernatorial candidates had raised alarm, accusing APC and PDP agents of openly sharing money without any intervention by security operatives. According to Bisi Omoyeni, the candidate for Mega party, people were being openly given money to vote. He said "some political parties had been buying votes by giving money to voters openly.but said he was confident of winning despite this because he was the best of all the candidates. "My expectation is that I will win this election despite vote-buying. Ekiti people do not want those ones, ...