The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has challenged the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to come forward with evidence of its allegation that APC has stashed away N22.5 billion for vote- buying during the presidential election.
PDP in the shock allegation also urged Nigerian voters to resist the alleged plot by APC who they accused of being behind the excruciating scarcity of the new naira note.
According to the allegations contained in a statement issued by Debo Ologbodiya, PDP Spokesperson, the APC has stashed away N22.5 billion for vote buying during the February 25 presidential election.
He claimed that the sum in old naira note is for vote buying in Sokoto, Kano, Kaduna, Bauchi and Jigawa States. The statement claims that already an APC governor has already collected his share of N500 million.
The allegations further has it that the staggering sum was housed in a facility owned by Kano State and that pressure to swap the huge sum using Banks back channels was responsible for the difficulty Nigerians are facing accessing the new naira notes.
“Further information revealed that the cash is being warehoused by the Tinubu campaign for alleged vote buying in Kano, Kaduna, Bauchi, Jigawa and Sokoto States. A particular APC state governor is reported to have taken delivery of N500 million new Naira notes to actualize the vote buying plot,” he had said.
Quoting intelligence sources the party alleged that there are arrangement by APC leaders to move a substantial part of the old naira notes from Kano to Lagos State between today and tomorrow for the purposes of swapping them with new ones.
It will be recalled that the PDP had earlier alerted Nigerians that corrupt APC leaders are allegedly compromising the system to mop up the new bank notes for vote-buying plans ahead of the February 25, 2023 presidential election.
The candidate of the APC had also alluded that the naira swap and fuel scarcity was targeted at his campaign.
Bayo Onanuga who reacted to the allegations said the ” party of looters” should come forward with evidence or hide their heads in shame.
“Let them provide the evidence if they uncovered such. It is not enough to dish out cock and bull stories in the name of press Releases. Making senseless allegations every passing day which has become the hallmark of PDP campaign is not how to win election.
“Nigerians cannot be deceived by a party of looters. Nigerians can’t forget a party of people that looted over $2billion dollars meant for arms procurement when Boko Haram was killing our citizens and almost took over three states in the north east.
“We challenge PDP to bring out any evidence of their latest allegation otherwise the party of looters should hide its ugly face in perpetual shame,” he said.
(Daily Independent)
