Aiyedatiwa on Sunday emerged victorious in all the 18 LGAs of Ondo state, winning with a landslide margin
By Kehinde Okeowo
Ondo State Governor-elect, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, while speaking a few hours after winning the just concluded election in his state claimed he was not aware that his political associates paid electorates to vote for him.
He made this known while speaking in an interview with Channel TV on Sunday night.
TheNiche had earlier reported that Aiyadatiwa emerged victorious in all the 18 local government areas of the state, winning his closest rival, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Agboola Ajayi with a landslide margin.
However, the opposition, especially the main challenger, PDP, accused the incumbent governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of vote-buying after his victory in the November 16 election.
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Reacting to the accusations, the governor noted that the oppositions are using the vote-buying allegation as an excuse for their loss.
Addressing the vote buying claims during the chat, Aiyadatiwa said, “I’m not aware of such. The opposition will want to say that to make excuses for their failure, but for us, it is what we worked for; the people have spoken through their votes.
” There won’t be any reason to buy votes because Ondo people know what they want. I’m not aware of people buying votes on my behalf.”