Senator Yemi Adaramodu has denied claims that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is buying votes in the ongoing Ekiti governorship election.
Speaking on Saturday after voting at Unit 1, Ward 11 in Ilawe Ekiti, the Ekiti South representative labeled the allegations false and mischievous.
He asserted that the rumors are being spread by unpopular opposition parties who already anticipate defeat.
He said, “You can see, you can look around. Have you ever seen anybody retailing votes for sale? Have you seen anybody exchanging votes for money? Where is it? Because when somebody is about to lose an election, you see all these kinds of frivolous allegations. They have bought votes. They have done this, they have done that. Now you see people smiling. You are here, you see people smiling. They don’t look like people who are forced to vote, who are coerced to vote, whose votes were bought.
“These are people who have done what they should do as part of their civic responsibility as citizens of Ekiti State. They have done that. So, I don’t see it, I have never heard of it. I am a senator, I have been in the progressive party for a very long time. I think I should be one of the critical custodians of the APC. APC will never, because the only thing we need to do to convince the electorate is to perform very well, to do very well in government. After doing all those things, then we wait for D-Day. And D-Day is always election day. So, why do we have to? We do not.
“You know, every baby that loses a biscuit will always cry and begin giving excuses. So, for us in the APC, we don’t have any reason to do that. We have never done that, and we will never do that. If anybody has any evidence, they should let us know, they should show us. Maybe the other people, the other side, because they are not popular, they are not on the ground, maybe they wanted to buy votes and nobody was ready to sell votes to them.”
He, however, commended the Independent National Electoral Commission, security agencies and other stakeholders for ensuring that the electoral process was hitch-free.
