Moghalu Breaks Silence on Losing His Polling Unit in Anambra Election

George Moghalu, the Labour Party’s candidate for governor of Anambra State, has explained why he lost his polling place on Saturday.

During an interview on Channels Television’s “Sunday Politics,” Moghalu attributed his defeat in his polling unit on vote-buying by some of the candidates.

He said that he declined to participate in vote-buying because he could not afford to match the sum of money that other candidates were giving voters.

He claimed that because of their financial difficulties, a large number of voters in his voting place gave in to the lure of money.

Yes, since I was unable to pay the amount that was being paid. I was unable to make the payment and declined to participate.

What do you expect my people to do when they have too much money to buy votes? Many of them are in poverty, which is why they fell, he said.

Moghalu specifically charged that the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), the ruling party in Anambra, was primarily responsible for the purported vote-buying.

He disclosed that a number of party operatives were spotted wearing APGA party tags, some of whom had been arrested for buying votes.

There is evidence that some of them were observed buying votes.

“A commissioner was also caught on camera purchasing votes in my specific constituency,” Moghalu continued.