Rivers APC Reveals Vote Buying Tactics Wike Is Deploying | READ FULL
Afnews Editor
Oct 29, 2022
All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Kingsley Wali has accused the Rivers government of vote buying.
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On October 12, Governor Nyesom Wike appointed 28,000 Special Assistants on Political Units.
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The next day, his spokesman Kelvin Ebiri announced that the number of aides had been increased to 50,000.
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The appointees include 14,000 Special Advisers, 319 Ward Liaison Officers and 40 Local Government Area Liaison Officers.
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Reacting, Wali said vote buying has been codified and given legal backing in the name of appointment/employment.
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"The vote buying which INEC is opposed to, is being codified in Rivers StateÔÇØ, the Unity House Foundation (UHF) Convener said.
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"The government in power says they are going to employ about 100,000 people and will pay them from the state coffers.
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"It is assumed they have one hundred thousand votes already long before the election starts.ÔÇØ
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Wali said the Wike administration had eight years to employ people, but did not do so until a few months before the general elections.
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"You are now buying them with perhaps 5000 naira as a monthly salary.
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"You just ask people to bring their PVCs. What other right name do you call that if not vote-buyingÔÇØ, he quipped.
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Wali added that the APC will not be intimidated by the Rivers government "tacticsÔÇØ to muscle the opposition ahead of the polls.
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