#Osun decides: APC, PDP agents buy votes for N5000, force voters to swear before getting paid

#Osun decides: APC, PDP agents buy votes for N5000, force voters to swear before getting paid

Sahara Reporters

There have been widespread reports of vote-buying in the ongoing Osun State governorship election by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

According to some observers of the election, in some of the polling units, the APC agents “rewarded” voters with an amount between N5,000 and N10,000 after casting their votes while the PDP gave N4,000 and above to voters after forcing them to swear an oath in confirmation that they voted for the candidate of the party.

At Ward 03, Ikija 11, Polling Unit 002, C.A.C Primary School, Ifetedo, Ife-South Local Government Area, an APC agent reportedly gave a “pass” to those who vote for his party as he directed them to a house close to the polling unit to get N5,000.
Also, at a polling unit located in Salvation Army Grammar School, Alekuwodo in Osogbo the State capital, voters were seen going into a house three blocks away from the polling unit where money was being shared.

According to witnesses, some voters were given N4,000 after showing proof that they voted for the PDP while those who could not show proof of voting for the party were asked to swear before they were given the money.

A voter confirmed that they were paid after a woman who claimed to have voted for the PDP was not paid because she refused to swear.

The voter who spoke in Yoruba Language said “They asked the woman to swear that she voted for… 

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