The APC State organizing Secretary Lagos State chapter, Ayodele Adewale on Thursday in an Interview On Arise Tv has given more clarity on what was reported to as vote buying. Ayodele who was asked by Rufai Osani of AriseTv, why there was two cash-laden Bullion Van driving into Tinubu’s Bourdillon residence in Lagos?; this, in defence he called an incident and claim he was present at the All Progressive Presidential Candidate, Bola Tinubu’s house the day of the event.
“I was at the house of Tinubu the very day that incident happen, and to what we know, the bullion vans had lost their address to where they were originally sent to”
Ayodele defence which is conflicting to what the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressive Congress Bola Tinubu has earlier said; that he had the right to do whatever he wishes to do with his money and also what Igbokwe, a former spokesman for APC in Lagos and a current aide to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, also said concerning this matter in an interview with Arise tv said;
“Bullion van is not peculiar to banks, it is not meant for the banks; people, companies use bullion vans to take money. If you hire them, it is not only cash that they take, they can carry gold, they can carry so many things, anything that is valuable they can carry, you pay.” As he said it was nothing, that should be given much attention to.
The bullion vans episode had attracted public criticism with many Nigerians calling on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, to probe the ex-Lagos governor but the then acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, had refused to answer a question regarding a petition submitted against Tinubu for alleged money laundering.
Tinubu, now a 2023 presidential hopeful, had stated during an interview that the money belonged to him and he was free to distribute it to his supporters since he was not a government official.
