On Monday in Abuja, the incoming governor of Ekiti State, Biodun Oyebanji, refuted claims of vote-buying in Saturday’s election.
Oyebanji, who received 187,057 votes to defeat his two closest opponents, Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party and Bisi Kolawole of the Peoples Democratic Party, said this to State House media on Monday when he visited the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (ret.).
The former secretary of the government of Ekiti State stated that neither he nor his party, the All Progressives Congress, were involved in the alleged vote-buying that occurred during the election.
Speaking shortly after being presented to Buhari, Oyebanji said he did not witness any vote-buying in the polling unit where he voted.
While explaining that he won the election based on the performance of the Fayemi-led administration, Oyebanji said he canvassed for votes based on the administration’s record.
On his part, the National Chairman of the APC, Senator Abdulahi Adamu, dismissed the vote-buying allegations, calling it a last-minute instrument by the opposition parties who did not garner enough votes to win the election.
