A former Minister of Education and chieftain of the Social Democratic Party, Prof Tunde Adeniran, has said his party lost in the governorship election in Ekiti State because the party did not buy votes.
According to him, the SDP candidate, Akin Ayegbusi, would have won the election if the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, did not resort to vote buying.
Adeniran, who spoke with Punch, maintained that the SDP did not believe in vote buying and did not have such money to spend.
Adeniran said, “If there was no ‘see and buy’, SDP would have won the election , because people were anxious to have an alternative to the two parties (APC and PDP) . Ekiti people preferred the SDP.
“The people loved our manifesto and philosophy because they could connect with us, especially with the Abiola experience. We are the only party that is ideological in terms of philosophy, orientation and the policies we intend to pursue.
“We lost because we didn’t have the money to purchase votes like other parties, and the people have been pauperised, so they scavenge for what anyone brings . But we don’t believe in such. We believe in people voting according to their conscience. ”
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