‘Vote And Collect N500’ – Party Agents Exposed Sharing Cash To Voters In Kano

‘Vote And Collect N500, After you have voted you should wash the ink,
then come and collect another N500.” — Party Agents Exposed Sharing
Cash For Voters In Kano

A Twitter user has exposed electoral
fraud in Gama Ward of Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State on
Saturday during the supplementary elections held in the state.

A
video posted on Twitter by @UmarG_ and analysed by SaharaReporters
showed a party agent in Kano holding on to what seemed to be numerous
voter cards, which he gave out one after the other, while two other
persons seemed to act as assistant.

One of the main ‘election
businessmen’, who acted as the advert executive/announcer kept marketing
the trade, said: “Register her name and give her N500.” He continued:
“After you have voted you should wash the ink, then come and collect
another N500.”

“Don’t allow them to enter through the other door. Vote and collect N500.”