Imo guber: I’m not ready to pay for votes – Ohakim

The Accord Party governorship candidate in Imo state, Ikedi Ohakim, yesterday vowed that he would neither pay money to anybody to vote for him nor resort to undemocratic acts during the governorship election.

The former governor said his resolved was based on the fact doing so would derail the course of democracy.

He also lamented that those that who sold their votes last four years are now not crying but undergoing terrible economic discomfort.

Ohakim, who disclosed this in Owerri, through his Chief Press Secretary, Collins Ughallaa, said that those who sold their votes last four years are now crying.

There is “too much hunger in the land” and that the people should not allow themselves to be deceived by collecting money and voting against their conscience.

“Have you asked yourself why they still give you money for your votes if they were just going to write the results? They do that because truly your votes count but you are the one to decide if it counts for good or whether you would keep yourself in bondage of bad leadership.

“I have heard those making claims about writing results in their favour and I tell you that such practice is no longer obtainable in present day Nigeria.

“We have gone beyond 1999 when we were still fresh to the idea of democracy. Today we have our smartphones and we can even transmit the results straight from the polling booths and determine if there were manipulations with the figures.”

Also speaking on the issue of vote buying, he said: “Many people are getting billions ready to buy your votes. They would tell you that your vote doesn’t count, so just collect money and vote their people. Why are they concerned that you vote for them if your vote doesn’t count?

“The decision to enjoy good governance is yours to make. Ikedi Ohakim is not ready to pay anybody to vote for him, but I urge you to collect their money and make the right choice.”

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