Shehu Sani Alleges ‘New’ Method Adopted By Vote Buyers Ahead Of Saturday Polls

Former federal lawmaker Shehu Sani has accused vote buyers of using a new method ahead of the country’s presidential election on February 25th.

The CBN has recently implemented a currency policy that has made naira notes scarce across the country. The development is expected to stymie the activities of vote buyers in the upcoming general elections in 2023.

Senator Sani, on the other hand, claimed in a post on his verified Twitter page on Tuesday that vote buyers have switched from giving gullible electorates cash to collecting their account numbers in order to transfer funds directly because they cannot access the large sums of cash required.

Sani tweeted: 

Vote buyers have resorted to collecting the account numbers of the electorates. There is also sharing palliatives in return for votes.

In another post on the microblogging platform, the former Kaduna Central Senator said: 

We attended a political rally today; nobody gave cash, and nobody was expecting cash. Everyone was moving about and looking at each other like Robots. ‘The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele’, has turned our lives into soft copy.

In another tweet also, Sani urged Nigerians to allow their conscience and experience to guide them in electing a competent leader in the Saturday election.

He said:

On Saturday, this country has a date with history. Don’t vote for a Candidate because your Mosques or Churches asked you to do so. Be guided by your conscience and experience & elect a competent leader. A wrong choice is another four years of a journey into darkness.