Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election, the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has distanced himself from an online vote-buying trick tagged ‘N20,000 Dapo Abiodun Campaign Funds’ promo.
The link to the alleged vote canvassing trick has been in circulation for some days asking people to vote for the governor and claim a sum of N20,000.
A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Kunle Somorin, on Saturday, claimed the state governor who is seeking reelection under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has no idea about it.
Somorin described the campaign promo as an attempt, not only meant to defraud unsuspecting members of the public but to discredit the governor ahead of the next Saturday’s poll.
As also contained in the rebuttal, the state government declared that the promo was the handiwork of the governor’s adversaries, having realized they could not defeat the governor at the poll.
Somorin added that Governor Abiodun will never be involved in vote buying or wooing the electorate with any material inducement to get their votes.
He added that such a sponsored financial inducement promo couldn’t have emanated from a governor who has delivered on his electoral promises by changing the socioeconomic landscape and development of Ogun.
The statement stated further that Governor Abiodun, rather than procuring people’s votes, he had embarked on political campaigns to showcase his scorecard, commissioned landmark projects and canvassed for votes for all the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates as well as for his reelection.
While calling on the electorate and the people to disregard the financial inducement promo, Somorin said that Governor Abiodun’s sterling performance and achievements in office, are enough and will speak for him at the poll come Saturday.
