As the 2023 Nigerian presidential election is fast approaching, PDP chieftain, Osita Chidoka has sent a strong message to Nigerians.
In a post on Facebook, the former aviation minister slammed Nigerians for wishing for good governance while they stay at home during the election.
Giving Anambra governorship election as a case of study, the former road safety marshal noted that many people stay at home stating that their vote doesn’t count.
Osita Chidoka went on to ask that if truly votes from Nigerians don’t count as they said, why then do Politicians buy votes.
He said;
“You sat at home screaming No Elections, 104,037 voters determined the Governor of Anambra State, less than 5 per cent of registered voters.
The elected Governor will oversee state budget of at least 400 billion Naira over the next four years. If you add Local Government funds, it will be over 700 billion Naira.
You sat at home and said voting does not count, the election is already rigged. Two hundred nineteen thousand five hundred eighteen persons (219,518) less than 10% of registered voters went out, and the parties bought votes from between 1000 and 5000 Naira per vote.
If voters don’t count, why did the Politicians buy votes? At an average of 3,000 per vote, a Governor can be elected with less than 350 million Naira by a hungry minority. If 1m voters had come out, it would have been difficult.
Mad people everywhere.”
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