Ondo Election: Residents Hustle As Their Governor Rotimi Akeredolu Makes N200 Notes Rain On Them Heavily! (Video)

With less than two weeks to the Ondo State Gubernatorial Election, incumbent Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu took to the streets of the state capital, Akure to shower residents with N200 notes.

The Governor distributed the notes sporadically into the car from his car while his people scrambled to pick a few.

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Gov. Akeredolu sharing N200 note in AKURE. pic.twitter.com/i2YLGtb5ys
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— Frosh🎚 (@Doctorseyi) September 26, 2020

As expected, he was heavily criticised for his action on Twitter as many described it as vote buying.

Others simply said the people scrambled for the naira notes because of the high level of poverty in the country which the politicians are now using as a weapon against the people.

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Shameless people
This is how we sell off our right at every election for penny
While we hate judas for betraying Jesus
At least it was silver he collect
People collecting 200,500,1000
For their vote
Nonsense
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God will help this country
— 🤴🏿HENRY OBI NWAIGBO 🇳🇬🌏 (@UncleAloyHenry) September 26, 2020

This is the reason why it's profitable for politicians to ensure people are miserably poor.
I mean, if not for abject poverty, in what context can people scrabble this much for N200 notes ?
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"Poverty as a weapon of perpetuating bad governance and mal-administration" a PhD thesis
— Ayọ̀wùmí (@ayowumie) September 27, 2020

https://twitter.com/4eyedhttps://twitter.com/edoyakulo/status/1309973403441520642?s=19

Poverty has always been a strong political tool in Nigeria. One governor was handing out rubber flip flops (bathroom slippers). Our people need to feed, that's the most basic form of our need, the politicians exploit that. Sad!
— Kayode Adegoye, ACI 🕊 (@aceroboadvisor) September 27, 2020

Poverty is and has always been a political tool…
200 naira will only buy you a plate of food at most. What happens afterwards
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— freudewonne (@freudewonne) September 27, 2020

Politicians weaponized it. They created poverty and weaponized it. It is a control tool.
— Ahmed Agritreasure📚🐄🚜🌳 (@Ahmed__Aliyu) September 26, 2020
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This same governor is owing the salary of workers in the state oooo!!!more reason for him to be voted out if the people of my state are sensible enough
— Omo Iya Oni Buredii (@Tolu___ene) September 26, 2020

Shameless people
This is how we sell off our right at every election for penny
While we hate judas for betraying Jesus
At least it was silver he collect
People collecting 200,500,1000
For their vote
Nonsense
God will help this country
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— 🤴🏿HENRY OBI NWAIGBO 🇳🇬🌏 (@UncleAloyHenry) September 26, 2020

Our political class deliberately weaponized poverty as a means to continually control the masses. This act shows most of them are bereft of positive economic agenda as it should be.
— speakurmind (@LawalBabatu) September 27, 2020
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