Mr. Ayo Opadokun, Convener, Coalition of Democrats for Electoral Reform and member of Kwara State House of Assembly has said that the donation of N21.27bn to President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign is a violation of our electoral law.
Opadokun who spoke in an interview with journalists during the annual Offa Student’s Union said “Such a donation is an establishment of degeneration of our national values. It is a violation of the electoral law. Who will prosecute them? Any government should not have allowed such iniquity to happen. It is too much of an eyesore.
“Almost 24 states in Nigeria today cannot pay their salaries in the last two months and yet these public officers are collecting N21bn for presidential election. There is too much deceit and they are not even thinking wisely. Who do they want to impress that they organised a fund raiser?
“Money is not everything. The huge amount that they have budgeted for that election will fail them, because it appears that Nigerians are ready for a change. They cannot be governed continuously in this way.
“If Nigerians are ready to take their destiny in their hands, they must go democratically and put a strong action to demand that these people should surrender.
“I went to jail several times in the struggle to return democracy to Nigeria. We thought that after that struggle, after we have sent the military packing; the people that will take over government will work for the interest of our people but that is not what is happening. Look at the infrastructure, there are in terrible mess.”
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