Chairman of the Edo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tony Aziegbemi, has raised the alarm over plots to rig and buy votes during the September 2 local government elections with N150 million polled from the NDDC.
The chairman in a statement said intelligence available to the party revealed that some people would be sharing N150 million at a residence in Benin City to leaders and members of the APC to finance the rigging plan ahead of the election.
He said; “We are once again drawing the attention of the world and all lovers of democracy to the glaring fact that the APC is attempting to rig the local government election scheduled for Saturday, September 2, 2023, by mobilising N150 million to execute their evil plan to buy votes and rig the elections.
“It is regrettable and disturbing that at a time when Edo people are suffering as a result of the criminally neglected federal roads and the biting economic hardship supervised by the APC led federal government, the party is deploying resources to subvert the will of Edo people.”
