EdoDecide2024: Edo Poll is For The Highest Bidder LP Candidate Olumide Akpata Says.

EdoDecide2024: Edo Poll is For The Highest Bidder LP Candidate Olumide Akpata Says.

Akpata, who was third, behind the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Asue Ighodalo, said the vote-buying and voter apathy “effectively disenfranchised the people of Edo State”.

“Let us be clear: what transpired on 21 September 2024 was not an election but a transaction.

“It was enabled by those who chose to stay away, making it easier for the two dominant parties to afford a significant majority of the few votes on offer, and by those who came out and willingly sold their votes.”