Mr. Paul James, an Election observer in Ekiti State, from YIAGA, has insisted that people sold their votes during Saturday’s governorship election for as low as N500.
James who spoke with the BBC Hausa Service on Saturday that from March 2022 till date, said money and other items were given to people during political occasions.
According to him, it has now changed as they now go from house to house, giving people money.
James said, “What this has shown is that politicians don’t like wasting time campaigning, what they now do is to buy people’s votes.”
The election observer said it was not only one political party that does that, adding that it’s so disheartening that they “buy people’s vote for as low as N500.”
