Ekiti Governor-elect, Oyebanji Dismisses Allegations Of Vote-buying

Biodun Oyebanji, the governor-elect of Ekiti State, has criticised the allegation of vote-buying levelled against the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state’s recently concluded governorship election.

He insisted that neither he nor the ruling party were involved in vote-buying, claiming that they canvassed for votes from the electorate, which led to their election victory.

Oyebanji stated this to State House correspondents on Monday, shortly after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

He insisted that he saw no vote-buying in the polling unit where he voted, and that he won the election based on his previous performance as the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) of Ekiti under the incumbent, Governor Kayode Fayemi.

The APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, who accompanied the governor-elect alongside some governors to meet with the President, also reacted to the allegation against the ruling party.

He affirmed that the allegation of vote-buying was being sponsored by aggrieved persons who lost at the poll.