Adeleke vs Oyetola: How Osun 2022 election was monetized – Salam

A member of the House of Representatives, Bamidele Salam has alleged that the Osun 2022 gubernatorial election was highly monetized.

He claimed that the poll was the most monetized in the history of the state.

Recall that Ademola Adeleke of the PDP was declared the winner of the Osun 2022 gubernatorial election.

In the election result declared early on Sunday morning by Professor Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer, Adeleke polled 403,371 as against the 375,027 votes for Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the APC.

Bamidele, who represents Ede South, Ede North, Egbedore and Ejigbo Federal Constituency in the Green chamber and who was also the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) agent at the Osun guber result declaration, stated that the description was based on the fact that massive vote buying was perpetrated during the voting exercise.

Salam, while appearing on Channels TV programme, The Gavel on Sunday, noted that despite the massive claims of vote buying, the electorates collected the money and still voted according to their conscience.

He said, “The election of 2018 was won by Senator Ademola Adeleke and the electorate decided to reiterate their decision in 2022 by voting for him again.

“There was massive vote buying by the All Progressives Congress (APC) agents, if not, the margin between the results of the PDP and APC would have been higher.

“Election stipulates that the electorate must vote for something better and different.”

Egwu Emmanuel

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