It was naira rain for delegates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Oyo State, who attended a meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday, as it was said that they will not forget the event in a hurry.
Aside from telling the delegates what he has to offer if elected President and the intimidating career and political credentials pushed before the delegates by the articulate Professor of Law, each delegate was also said to have gone home with cash gift of N250,000.
A source which pleaded anonymity said that the N250,000 gift was the mininum the delegates got; as others at the leadership cadre at the state,Zonal and national levels from the state got higher.
The consultation meeting with the delegates and other stakeholders held at Ibadan Civic Centre, Idi Ape, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Friday.
In several photos shared online by some members of the APC who got the largesse, the huge cash was seen in the package that was distributed by the Osinbajo campaign team.
Osinbajo had before the meeting, visited the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Lekan Balogun, who prayed for him victory to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
The cash gift is coming ahead of preparation for the APC presidential primaries, slated for June, 2022.
Expressing worry at the development, a political observer, who pleaded not to be named said that some other aspirants, who might want to follow in the footsteps of the Vice President to woo delegates and other stakeholders would turn it into a competition of a sort, by attempting to surpass the standard the VP set.
He however added that, whichever way the pendulum swings, the act is an indication that it would be naira rain for the delegates before and during the presidential primary, expressing reservations however if the money would translate to electoral victory for the aspirants.
