Daily Trust
Taiwo Olatunbosun, an aide of the Ekiti State Governor-elect, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, has denied that the All Progressives Congress (APC) bribed the electorate during Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
Olatunbosun, who is the director, media and publicity unit of Oyebanji’s campaign organisation, said this while responding to the allegation of vote-buying by the APC during the election on Channels Tv’s Sunrise Daily on Monday.
Ben Oguntuase, the chairman of the strategic committee of Segun Oni’s campaign organisation, while speaking on the same programme, had accused the APC of inducing the voters with money.
But Olatunbosun said the supporters of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) were bad losers.
He claimed that there was no vote-buying by his party, saying he didn’t witness one and was not informed of any all over the state.
He said, “My position about last Saturday’s election is that the election was free, fair and was credible enough and actually reflects the popular opinion of the people of Ekiti. They are coming with face-saving excuses now. I am not surprised.
“I am not surprised in the sense that you can not expect an emergency assemblage of people within a period of one month to come around to think they will be the one to determine what the people of Ekiti will do with their votes.
“I don’t know where they are getting this over-bloated idea of their strength and that is making them think they are as popular as the APC in Ekiti State. But let me expressly say that I did not witness any vote-buying anywhere and he is alleging that. The onus of proof is on him.
“Ekiti people are enlightened, knowledgeable and they know the process of election and they understand the dictates of the rules of the game and I believe we should respect them by not taking them for granted.”
‘APC bought votes’
Oguntuase, while speaking on the programme, said the election was not won fairly by the ruling party, alleging that APC officials shared money with those who voted for its candidate at the election.
Oguntuase also accused officials of the Independent…
