PDP accuses APC of vote-buying with N10,000 Trader Moni

The Peoples Democratic Party, Lagos State Chapter,  has accused the All Progressives Congress of  inducing market women with N10,000 in the name of Trader Moni to get their votes in 2019.

The PDP described the N10,000 Trader Moni as another form of vote-buying.

In a statement on Wednesday by its Publicity Secretary, Taofik Gani, the Lagos PDP chided Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo over his recent visit to some  markets in Lagos State where he gave out N10,000 cash to traders as Trader Moni.

The PDP contended that the gesture was ill-timed, saying the Federal Government’s Trader Moni empowerment scheme was “a clear action of pre-election vote-buying with the intent of buying the conscience of traders to vote the APC in the state.”

The opposition party also condemned Osinbajo’s visit to Afrika Shrine.

The PDP said it had “no doubt that Lagosians will not vote for  the APC in 2019,” adding that traders could collect their money but they should vote for the candidate of their choice.

The opposition party also rejected the explanation by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, that he was not funding President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid.

The PDP alleged that the fact that Buhari gave Fashola three ministerial porfolios was proof that he funded Buhari’s campaign ahead of the 2015 elections.

The party said, “This is one reason the President put Fashola, a lawyer, in charge of three hurriedly harmonised engineering ministries.

“No wonder the three sectors he is in charge of have recorded very abysmal performances.”