A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, Kenneth Okonkwo, has accused the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, of vote-buying.

This came after Wike reiterated the Rainbow Coalition’s N10 million reward to each political ward in Abaji Area Council if President Bola Tinubu wins in the 2027 presidential election.

Wike stated this on Tuesday during a consultative meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under the Rainbow Coalition, to mobilise support for Tinubu’s re-election.

MyNigeria gathered that the meeting was also organised to galvanise support for Sen. Philip Aduda, who is vying for the Senate seat to represent FCT and Mr Danladi Chiya, gunning for Abuja South Federal Constituency seat.

He explained that if the president won all the wards in the area council, each of the 10 wards would receive a N10 million reward, for a total of N100 million.

The minister described it as an incentive to push stakeholders to work harder to ensure an overwhelming victory for the president.
He likened the high-stakes and incentive-driven strategy to performance bonuses offered to national sports teams.

Reacting, Okonkwo wrote, "Wike's offer of N10m to every Councillor who delivers his ward is pure vote buying and comes under the offence of bribery in section 125 of the Electoral Act. If INEC does not prosecute Wike now, then let it be man enough to admit that it sold the 2027 general election to the highest bidder."

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