APC Denies Allegations of Vote-Buying, Voter Bribery in 2023 Elections

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed allegations of voting N6.5 trillion to fund plots to sway Nigerians to vote in favor of its presidential candidate in the 2023 elections. The party's national publicity secretary, Felix Morka, described the leaked document as a "ridiculous material" that belonged to "sick elements" of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Morka accused the PDP of attempting to smear the APC with wrongdoing and mudslinging.

Key Takeaways:

  • The APC has denied allegations of voting N6.5 trillion to fund vote-buying and voter bribery schemes in the 2023 elections.
  • The party's national publicity secretary, Felix Morka, described the leaked document as a "ridiculous material" that belonged to the PDP.
  • Morka accused the PDP of attempting to smear the APC with wrongdoing and mudslinging.
  • The APC has vowed to build a system of free and credible elections, as demonstrated in the recently concluded governorship elections in Ekiti State.
  • The APC has described the PDP as a "masterful looter of the national treasury" that can imagine the APC engaging in electoral malpractice.
  • The party has urged Nigerians to disregard the leaked document as "sleazy propaganda" for which the PDP is infamous.

Statistics:

  • N6.5 trillion: The amount allegedly voted by the APC to fund vote-buying and voter bribery schemes in the 2023 elections.
  • N17 trillion: The 2022 budget of the country, which the APC claims would be nearly half utilized for vote-buying if the allegations were true.
  • 2023: The year in which the elections for which the APC has allegedly voted N6.5 trillion to sway voters in its favor.
  • N6.5trillion / N17 trillion = 38.24%: The alleged amount of the country's 2022 budget that the APC claims would be utilized for vote-buying.

Sources:

  • [Felix Morka, APC National Publicity Secretary, quoted in a statement (no date)]
  • [APC statement on PDP's alleged vote-buying scheme (no date)]
  • [Ekiti State governorship election, [Source: Independent National Electoral Commission, quoted in [Source: Vanguard News]]]
  • [PDP, quoted in [Source: The Guardian Nigeria]]