About 400 presidential nomination delegates in Adamawa and Taraba states have reportedly received $300 each from Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo.
The Vice President who is hoping to clinch the the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), reportedly switched from doling out money in naira to hard currency in order to stay on top of his game.
According to reports, during a meeting on Wednesday, which was held behind closed doors in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital and Yola, in Adamawa State, Osinbajo gave each delegate to the APC National Convention, US $300.
“I was handed an envelope containing $300 shortly after the Vice President left the hall,” a delegate told SaharaReporters while displaying the money.
He was said to have pleaded with the delegates to favour his candidacy above all others in the race, arguing that he has more experience in governance at home and on the international stage than all his competitors.
SaharaReporters reported on April 22, 2022, that some presidential delegates of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the South-West on Friday went home with N250,000 each after attending a meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in Ibadan, Oyo State.
“This was what we were given by Osinbajo today,” a delegate had said while showing the money packaged in an envelope.
A visibly elated VP was accompanied to Muna Hotel in Yola, the venue of the meeting by some APC party senators, House of Representatives members and cronies of President Muhammadu Buhari.
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