BREAKING: Suspected PDP Agents Nabbed In Osogbo For Sharing 4k To Buy Votes

• Suspected PDP Agents Nabbed In Osogbo For Sharing 4k To Buy Votes.

• Some hungry voters have entered a vote-buying deal with party agents…

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that suspected agents of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have been caught distributing money to voters to influence the outcome of the ongoing governorship election in the State.

The agents were caught sharing cash at Polling Units 05, Ward 05, Salvation Army Grammar School. The polling centre, at the heart of the capital Osogbo, had a large turnout of voters, particularly women.

According to Peoples Gazette, the agents, who are also leaders in the party, clustered around the voters. They concealed their identities from our reporters, but people nearby said they recognised them as local enforcers of the PDP.

The agents were seen asking the voters to show their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) before directing them to a secluded building for the vote-buying transactions.

A female voter who did not want her name mentioned told our reporters she was given N4,000 after she voted for the main opposition party.

“I have voted, and the man (party agent) gave N4,000. I had to search through the ballot paper to locate and thumbprint the PDP logo,” she told The Gazette as she emerged from the building.

Many of the voters, entering the building in droves, were seen discussing the sharing formula after collecting the money.
The vote-buying arrangement was not limited to the PDP. Voters also told newsmen that they were expecting cash bribes for votes from the ruling All Progressives Congress after trading their franchise.

A voter who spoke under the condition of anonymity said that he had earlier written down his name in a list being compiled by an APC agent.

“APC is yet to distribute money, but I have written down my names in the book with the agent,” he said.  There was a large turnout of security personnel at the polling units observed.

Although electoral office INEC and law enforcement authorities have warned against vote-buying, analysts expect the scheme to continue to overshadow the credibility of elections in Nigeria.

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Several instances of vote-buying have gone unprosecuted due to the cumbersome legal framework for jailing offenders.

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