An octogenarian indigene of the Umuleri community in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State, Pa Francis Emeka, has stated that he does not accept money to vote during elections.
Naijaonpoint reports that the 85-year-old, in an interview with Punch, said his decision not to collect money to vote was influenced by the late Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe.
While recalling an encounter in Niger State, in the former Northern Region, Emeka stated that Azikiwe advised him and others against taking money to vote.
He said, “I came to vote. I don’t collect money to vote. During the time of Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe and Awolowo, they came to the Northern Region. I was in Niger at that time.
“Mopol was beating me when I climbed Nnamdi Azikiwe’s vehicle. Then he said they should leave me. Everybody knows that Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe was a popular man in Nigeria. He was telling us at that time that we should not collect money to vote.
“So, from that time, I have always come out to vote, and I do not collect money to vote.”
Sixteen political parties are contesting the Anambra governorship against the incumbent governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APC).
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