''The last state and federal elections in Lagos have been very close. Bring out the numbers.Despite voter suppression, despite thuggery and vote buying, APC has found it difficult to win gubernatorial elections.Many can swear that Buhari did not win Lagos despite The Godfather
and master tactician.
The logistics of elections cost money. Campaigns cost money. Huge sums. You have to spend to win. No one is debating that.
The point of departure is that voter buying is illegal. As is vote suppression. As is bribing electoral agents. As is thuggery.
The logistics of elections cost money. Campaigns cost money. Huge sums. You have to spend to win. No one is debating that.
The point of departure is that voter buying is illegal. As is vote suppression. As is bribing electoral agents. As is thuggery.
I know many of us have accepted practice as norm. Part of the reasons that we do not want your man to unleash that destruction of values on us.
The much touted influence and alleged transformation of Lagos State by the party still requires unwholesome practices to win.
The much touted influence and alleged transformation of Lagos State by the party still requires unwholesome practices to win.
That itself tells you the kind of influence available.
I read many trying to rewrite history. Alleging Awolowo and UPN paid for votes. Yes, UPN gave gifts to communities, yes they gave clothes, but part of the end of the second republic was vote suppression, thuggery and use of
I read many trying to rewrite history. Alleging Awolowo and UPN paid for votes. Yes, UPN gave gifts to communities, yes they gave clothes, but part of the end of the second republic was vote suppression, thuggery and use of
state machinery. Despite this,Jakande stood firm, as did Ajasin despite the NPN machinery of money, “kill and Go” and such.
You see as jaded as our society as become, as transactional as it is, we still know men of caliber that their names itself was cash.
You see as jaded as our society as become, as transactional as it is, we still know men of caliber that their names itself was cash.
We do not say your daddy can’t buy elections. Nor say he can’t corrupt many. We do not recognize that as influence. We see it as an undesirable quality for anyone aspiring to lead the nation.
Why were many of you anti Atiku then?''
-Ademola H Adigun
Why were many of you anti Atiku then?''
-Ademola H Adigun
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