Adams Oshiomhole has blamed former president, Goodluck Jonathan, for introducing vote-buying into Nigerian politics during the 2015 general elections.
According to him, Jonathan introduced the practice when he tried to buy the electorate in an attempt to win re-election in the 2015 presidential election.
While speaking during an interview published on Channels Television on Monday, September 10, 2018, Oshiomhole said Jonathan engaged in massive vote-buying where he churned out dollars.
He said, “I cannot be chairman of a party and celebrate anything that tends to distort the actual wishes of the electorate, but your recollection of history is not complete. If you were to really trace the history of vote-buying, it started with Jonathan’s second attempt with all due respect to him.
“In Edo State where I participated, I was still governor at the time, they churned out not just naira, they churned out dollars.
“President Jonathan started this massive vote-buying in Nigeria and the media must playback and do proper interview and investigation to discover the origin of vote-buying.
“This does not make it right. If it wrong, it is wrong. It doesn’t matter how many more people (do it). I’m committed and agree we must do everything possible to eliminate vote-buying.”
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