Senator Uche Ekwunife | File Image
By Okey Maduforo,
Awka
Gubernatorial running mate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Uche Ekwunife, has accused Governor Charles Soludo of vote buying to the tune of N5 million per polling unit, describing it as an act of corrupting the electorate.
This is coming about two hours after commotion erupted at Ekwunife polling units at Regal Secondary School Nri in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State.
At least two persons sustained various degrees of injury, which the police quickly stopped.
Also read: Anambra poll: Vote buying a rape on electoral process – Obi
But the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Mazi Ejimofor Opara, countered Ekwunife, insisting that there was no such thing .
Ekwunife had stated: “The process is going well; but, we are witnessing so much vote buying where in some polling units the Governor gave as much as N5 million per polling unit.
“As a former lawmaker, I will definitely advise my colleagues to do something more drastic about vote buying in Nigeria and if it is not checked it would be difficult for people who are competent who has the capacity to lead to get the opportunity to serve their people.
“This is what is happening in Anambra State where a Governor, instead of providing good governance, you are busy corrupting people through monetary inducements.
“The governor sent some thugs; and infact, before we got here, the Governor sent about 100 thugs to come and disrupt the election.”
She, however, expressed joy that they didn’t succeed because, according to her, the people massively resisted it.
But, the National Publicity Secretary of APGA, Mazi Ejimofor Opara, said, “The Governor do not need to be involved in vote buying going by the homongus developmental strides so far in his first term in office and Ekwunife knows that she is losing and that explains why she is crying wolf where there is non.”
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