Pictures of alleged supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) sharing the sum of N1000 to Nigerians in a coaster bus has surfaced on social media.
The picture which has gone viral on Twitter showed a young man sharing N1000 each in a coaster bus fully loaded with young men in different clothes and face caps customised with the photos of the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima.
The young Nigerians could be seen jubilating as they received the two N500 banknotes each, while they spoke in Hausa language saying, “Awalokan, we are here, it is 1k (N1,000) they have given us here. They have finished.”
Meanwhile, the Electoral Act 2022 has provisions against bribery and vote buying, as contained in sections Section 22(a-c).
“Any person who — (a) is in unlawful possession of any voter’s card whether issued in the name of any voter or not; or (b) sells or attempts to sell or offers to sell any voter’s card whether issued in the name of any voter or not; or (c) buys or offers to buy any voters’ card whether on his own behalf or on behalf of any other person, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not more than N500,000 or imprisonment not more than two years or both.”
SaharaReporters had weeks ago reported that supporters of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party allegedly shared packets of salt to residents of Abia State ahead of the 2023 general elections.
A witness had shared a picture of the packets of salt branded with the logo of Labour Party and the names of its presidential and vice-presidential candidates, Peter Obi & Yusuf Datti.
A Google reverse image search done by SaharaReporters shows that the picture was new on the internet.
SaharaReporters earlier reported how Obi’s supporters distributed food items to Kwara State residents.
In a viral video on Twitter, the party’s supporters were calling the names of the residents and giving them grains in a particular sequence.
It was learnt that this happened when the party’s supporters took their grassroots mobilisation and sensitisation to the rural areas of Kwara State.
