President Muhammadu Buhari casting his vote during Saturday's governorship and state Assembly elections in Katsina State
Gov Election 2023 : ‘Pocket their money, vote your conscience,’ Buhari urges voters
President Muhammadu Buhari , on Saturday, in Daura, urged Nigerians to pocket monies distributed by vote-buying politicians but vote their conscience regardless after casting his vote in the on-going governorship and State Assembly elections
He expressed confidence the All Progressives Congress (APC) will emerge victorious in the Governorship and State Assembly elections across the country.
He also said the new naira policy has ensured a shortage of naira notes that would have been used by unscrupulous elements to influence the outcome of the elections in their favour.
“I am aware that the money is not there like before for people to sway voters like they used to do.
“And if they bring out money now, the people should pocket it, and still vote their conscience,’’ Buhari told journalists after voting at Ward A, Sarkin Yara Polling Unit, 003, in Katsina.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement he signed on Saturday titled ‘Nigerians know we mean what we say, they will vote for us again, says President Buhari.’
According to Buhari, the electorate should follow their conscience in choosing the right leaders, both state executives and legislatures.
He affirmed that his regime had “diminished” the era of vote buying.
Consequently, he boasted that the APC will emerge victorious in the Governorship and State of Assembly elections nationwide because Nigerians know the party “means what it says, and says what it means.’’
The President noted that he was not surprised at the results of the Presidential elections on February 25, 2023, which saw Bola Tinubu emerging as President-elect, since the APC campaigns were thorough, and detailed.
“I am sure we are going to win, again,’’ he said.
