iDeemlawfulA trending video has captured the moment All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) officials distributed money and food items to voters participating in the Anambra governorship election held on November 8, 2025.
The footage showed APGA agents wearing party-branded caps and shirts handing out items to individuals believed to be voters.
Another APGA official was seen giving out food items such as drinks, gala, spaghetti, and tin tomatoes to the voters, an act widely viewed as an attempt to influence their votes.
The party representatives urged the beneficiaries of the handouts to vote for Governor Soludo, describing it as a vote for “continuity.”
He said, “To vote for APGA for solution government to continue.”
The video has since stirred heated discussions on social media, with many users condemning the act and questioning the credibility of Nigeria’s electoral system.
Others, however, argued that collecting such gifts from politicians was understandable given the prevailing economic hardship.
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Meanwhile, the Labour Party (LP) candidate in the Anambra governorship election, George Moghalu, has expressed concern over reports of vote-buying in parts of the state.
Speaking to journalists on Saturday at his residence in Nnewi North LGA, Moghalu said that despite the heavy deployment of security personnel, he had received reports of widespread electoral malpractice.
The LP candidate said, “The situation is scandalous and very embarrassing. The issue of vote-buying is no more a speculation. It happened very aggressively in the last by-election. This time around, I’ve been receiving reports of the same thing happening.”
He also criticized the failure of security operatives to apprehend those involved.
“With the quantity of security personnel that has been brought into Anambra state for the purposes of this election, I expect that vote-buyers by now should have been caught and stopped,” he said.
Moghalu described the development as “most unfortunate,” warning that it threatens the credibility of the entire electoral process.
“The worst form of corruption is electoral corruption. Because by electoral corruption, you put in office people who are not credible, people who are not qualified, people who should not hold responsible offices. At the end of the day, it is the people that suffer,” he added.
The issue of vote-buying in Nigeria has persisted for decades, with security agencies achieving limited success in tracking offenders, while the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has also struggled to curb the practice.
