Bags of Money No Guarantee To Win 2023 Presidency, Imumolen Replies Afe Babalola
- Elder statesman, Chief Afe Babalola, has been told that having bags of money is not a guarantee for winning election
- This is the position of Accord party's presidential candidate Professor Christopher Imumolen following a statement by Babalola
- Babalola had said the winner of February's highly anticipated presidential polls will be one who had a seemingly inexhaustible war chest of cash
Accord party's presidential candidate Professor Christopher Imumolen has openly kicked into touch claims that only candidates with bags of money were good enough to win this year's presidential elections.
The country's youngest presidential candidate was registering his contrary posture on what elder statesman, Chief Afe Babalola said about the role money would play in determining who won this year's presidential elections.
Source: Twitter
In his message to the nation in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital on New Year's Day, the renowned legal luminary had said the winner of February's highly anticipated presidential polls will be one who had a seemingly inexhaustible war chest of cash to sway votes his way.
According to Punch newspaper, Professor Imumolen in his response said:
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"With all due respect, I will like to disagree with our most learned elder statesman, Afe Babalola on his claims that the person with the deepest pocket in this year's presidential race will ultimately win the elections.
"There are several instances, particularly since the advent of the 4th Republic in 1999 where money was never the determining factor in whom became Nigeria's president.
"Let's start with the 1999 presidential elections between Chief Olusegun Obasanjo of the PDP and Chief Olu Falae of the then AD.
"Obasanjo, if we'd recall, won that elections despite not having bags of money to throw around. Infact, he had just returned from prison where he had no money or played any active politics before the elections.
2023: Wike taunts Atiku, Ayu, makes vow on preferred presidential candidate
Meanwhile, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has made some revelations about his preferred presidential candidate.
While giving a hint on his choice of candidate, Wike expressed confidence that whoever he adopts as candidate will be victorious at the February 25 presidential poll. The governor said the insults being hurled at him would not make him change his mind about working for his yet-to-named preferred presidential candidate.
Interestingly, he described his abusers as those who cannot mobilise 25 votes in their constituencies for any candidate.
The governor spoke on Wednesday, January 4, at the kick-off of the construction of Akpabu-Egbeda-Omoku Link Road in Egbeda, Emohua Local Government Area.
Source: Legit.ng
