Many political parties asking me to pay them to support Buhari

Many political parties asking me to pay them to support Buhari - Oshiomhole

- Adams Oshiomhole said some political parties were registered to make money off bigger parties

- Oshiomhole said he was approached by many small parties demanding to be paid to support President Buhari in the 2019 presidential election

The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has revealed how he was approached by several small political parties demanding for money to endorse President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 election.

Oshiomhole said this when he received delegations from the European Union, EU and International Republican Institute (IRI) at the APC National Secretariat Abuja, Business Day reports.

He said: “INEC tried to restrict the registration of political parties, the judiciary said no you can register anybody who wants to but the result is that, we have a long ballot paper which poses challenges on election day with regard to how people are going to identify who to vote for.

“I can tell you how many requests I have from these so called political parties that if you pay me this we will announce that we are supporting your Presidential candidate. So people have formed political parties as platform for trading.”

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that Oshiomhole has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of trying to cause problems in the ruling party through the spread of fake news.

Oshiomhole made the accusation when reacting to alleged malicious information on social media about his relationship with the president’s wife, Aisha Buhari.

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