Otunba Babatunde Olushola Senbanjo Condemns Alleged N10 Million Reward to Councillors Over 2027 Support

Otunba Dr Babatunde Olushola Senbanjo (BOS) has condemned the reported promise of ₦10 million to each councillor who delivers his ward to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, calling the alleged move a dangerous threat to Nigeria’s democracy and an unacceptable attempt to monetise the electoral process.

BOS said Nigeria must stop treating elections as a marketplace where public resources and financial inducements influence the people’s choice. Democracy is about the people’s free will, not the highest bidder.

He further questioned reports of promises to provide expensive vehicles to some traditional rulers in connection with political mobilisation, stressing that traditional institutions must remain respected and should never be reduced to instruments for manipulating electoral outcomes.

“We must stop all this rubbish. No politician, regardless of his position or influence, should use public resources or financial inducements to compromise the democratic choice of Nigerians. If these reports are true, they should be investigated and appropriately addressed by the relevant authorities,” BOS stated.

BOS called on councillors, traditional rulers, political leaders and Nigerians at large to reject vote buying, intimidation and every form of electoral manipulation ahead of the 2027 elections.

According to him, the 2027 election must be about ideas, performance, competence and the genuine choice of the people, not money, threats, political patronage or promises of material rewards.

Nigeria belongs to all of us, and its democracy must not be auctioned to the highest bidder.

Otunba Dr Babatunde Olushola Senbanjo (BOS)