The Labour Party candidate in the governorship election in Bayelsa State, Udengs Eradiri, hasa lamented that leadership of the party in the state allegedly collected N100 million from the governor and Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Douye Diri to betray him on Saturday.
Speaking on Channels television on Sunday night, the candidate added that the state party leadership informed him of collecting the money and, ” sending about N50 million to the national.”
He lamented what he described as massive vote-buying that took place at the polling units across the state.
Udengs, who lost his polling unit at Agudama-Ekpetiama to Governor Diri expressed deep disappointment “not on the electoral process alone but on the people themselves because I thought that the people understand now.”
He added that the problem was not only with the political actors and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) but with the electorate who did not believe in getting things right but getting them immediately.
Udengs alleged that the election was a matter of highest bidder as votes were sold and bought between N12,000 and N40,000. He added that he did not have the financial muscle to match the dominant parties in the game of vote buying.
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