‘LP’s allegation of ACN disbursing N2.5m for voter’s cards baseless’

The Akeredolu Campaign Organisation (ACO) has described as baseless and fallacious, a statement credited to the Labour Party (LP) that the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has disbursed N2.5 million to each ward to buy voter’s cards.
According to a statement by the Director of Media, Publicity and Strategy of the ACO, Mr. Idowu Ajanaku, the ACN would not spend such an amount to buy voter’s cards because the party enjoys the support of the people.
He said the party would instead spend money to provide logistics for members for the house-to-house campaign to sensitise the people to reject the LP administration that is out to pauperise them.
“If it is true, according to the LP, to buy an indigene with N5,000 to N10,000, it shows how bad the level of poverty the LP government has subjected the people to and how much value they place on the people.
“For us at ACO, we believe that it is the Mimiko administration that has such money to throw around. Having received over N600 billion in the past three years with nothing to show for it but cosmetic projects, with the N65 billion fraud at the Ondo State Oil Producing Area Development Area Commission (OSOPADEC), N1.5 billion doom-dome, N1.5 billion tomato paste industry, which were all abandoned, they must have siphoned the money with the aim of using it to prosecute elections.
“ACN did not buy voter’s cards in Oyo, Ogun and Edo states to win elections. We will win in Ondo State by the grace of God and the resolve of the people to reject unemployment, deception and tokenism which are the stock in trade of the LP administration led by Dr. Olusegun Mimiko.

“We appeal to the indigenes to vote Mimiko out on October 20 to pave the way for genuine and sustainable development, which Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) will give,” ACO said.