Osun APC Primary: Aspirants Induce Voters With Money, As Oyetola Lauds Security, Electoral Officers For peaceful Conduct

Contrary to claims that direct primary system introduced to the primary election of All Progressives Congress, APC, will prevent inducement of voters, governorship aspirants on Friday stormed voting centres with money in Osun state.

Our correspondent who monitored the primary gathered that each voters goes home with not less than N2,000 even with the large turnout.

The money was publicly displayed while voters were on queue collecting money as being shared by representative of the aspirants.

The election was conducted with counting of supporters of aspirants and figure recorded. While voters’ register were made available in some wards, only counting was done in many wards.

Security agents were at each wards visited by our correspondent while the counting was done.

At Union Baptist Government School, ward 4, Osogbo Local Government, representatives of the aspirants who were seen in two groups within the school premises, were distributing money to those that supported them.

Each of the supporters were given N2,000 while policemen and civil defence corps were present.

At Salvation Army School, Alekuwodo, ward 5, Osogbo, voters were stranded waiting for electoral register till they left in the afternoon.

One of the aspirants and Chief of Staff to the Governor of the state, Gboyega Oyetola, commended the security and electoral officers for peaceful conduct of the primary.

Another aspirant, Bar. Kunle Rasheed Adegoke K-Rad, said only one register was brought out of the 10 polling units in his ward at Ward 3, Olorunda Local Government, Osogbo.

He said no voting material was brought to ward 9, 10 and 11 in Boripe Local Government Area of the state where he monitored, adding “at a ward in Olorunda, they didn’t use voters’ register, they just asked people to queue and they were counting them and in the whole of Boluwaduro Local Government, no accreditation was done.

The Secretary to the state government, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, has in the morning announced his withdrawal from the race due to the alleged perfection of plan to impose Oyetola.