Former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has revealed new methods adopted by vote buyers ahead of the country’s presidential election on February 25th.
Despite the recently implemented currency policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) which has resulted in a cash crunch economy- a development, expected to frustrate the activities of vote buyers in the upcoming general elections in 2023.
Senator Sani, on the contrary, claimed in a post on Tuesday via his verified Twitter page that vote buyers have switched from giving electorates cash to collecting their account numbers in order to transfer funds directly because they cannot access the large sums of cash required.
“Vote buyers have resorted to collecting the account numbers of the electorates. There is also sharing palliatives in return for votes,” the former lawmaker tweeted.
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