Faparusi: APC Delegates Can’t Be Bought with Ill-Gotten Wealth

A member of the seventh House of Representatives in Ekiti State , Hon Bamidele Faparusi, has said those banking on money to purchase the delegates in the May 5 primary of the party will get a shock of their
lives.

Faparusi said the event of recent years had taught the delegates a bitter lesson that voting a governor that is accessible and humble is better than electing a haughty and disrespectful leader, who bought his way to power.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant expressed confidence that the coming primary will be more of antecedents rather than wealth, saying those who have looted government’s money or indulged in fraudulent practices in their private businesses will be disappointed.

In a statement in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, the former federal lawmaker, stated that it will be difficult for those who criminally amassed wealth to have their way in the primary.

“If you gauge the mood of the delegates, it has become a general consensus among them that whoever thought he could buy his way into the government house will get a shock of his life.
“What every member is looking for are your political antecedents , perception about your personality by the public , your loyalty to the party, character and the zone you belong.
“Nobody is talking about moneybags in Ekiti APC today, what they want is who can deliver in the general election and do Ekiti proud as a governor.
“So, I want to advise those who were wooing delegates with money to rather surrender such money to the EFCC , because it won’t work. Cash for votes has never worked in Ekiti since 1999 and it won’t work this time around”.
The APC chieftain added further: “I heard of aspirants bragging around that they will give as much as N1m to a delegate in the primary. Let them come, they will be shamed and disgraced. They can decide to spend these wealth anyhow, because they acquired them fraudulently”.
He urged Chief John Odigie-Oyegun led National Working Committee not to renege on its promise to conduct a free, fair and transparent primary in the state.

Faparusi said the party will end up failing in the general election if the primary is skewed in favour of any aspirant.
“APC must go into history in this election. The event of 2007 in the PDP when an aspirant that came third in the primary was later imposed as the candidate was instructive in this circumstance.
“Ekiti people abhor imposition and that accounted for why the PDP candidate was roundly rejected in that election and forced the party to rig the election, which was subsequently upturned by an appeal court .
“To save our party from another calamitous disgrace, the delegates’ list must neither be padded nor changed overnight to create crisis”, he advised

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Story for the gods

So which politician's money isnt ill-gotten