The 2023 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has described the outcome of the Ondo State election as a case study for the Central Bank’s foreign exchange practices, given the efficient ‘marketplace’ nature of the vote.
Naija News reported that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Sunday, declared Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner of the election.
In a post via X, Adebayo asserted that the Ondo State governorship election was ‘auctioned’ and was not close to a free and fair election that the people yearned for.
According to him, the election was less about genuine democracy and more about transactional politics, with ‘willing buyers’ and ‘willing sellers’ dominating the election.
Adebayo maintained that four years was sold freely and openly for the highest bidder, against the decency required in an election.
He said, “The Ondo State Governorship Election is what criminologists would term as victim-less crimes: a spectacle of willing buyers @OfficialAPCNg meeting willing sellers in a perfect market that should be an example for @cenbank in the foreign exchange markets. Ondo Auction is smoother than the Dutch Auction. Four years sold so freely and openly that no one should lie that they were coerced or intimidated, or browbeaten. And @PoliceNG and @inecnigeria @AIT_Online @ARISEtv @KAFTAN_TV @channelstv @NTANewsNow all witnessed it live.
“No one should pretend that they need someone to interview over this. It is in order to congratulate the buyers on their purchased ‘victory’ while shedding some tears for the sellers with the Calvary elegy that ‘Father Forgive Them For They Knoweth Not What They Do.’ God Bless Nigeria and may God Guide Ondo State.”