The Labour Party chieftain particularly emphasized the hidden costs of electoral corruption, explaining that the real price isn’t just the money exchanged on election day, but the subsequent breakdown of public services and infrastructure that follows when leaders buy their way into power.
“People need to know that when you sell your vote, you are directly endorsing the same hardships — lack of jobs, broken schools, failing hospitals,” Obi stated. “It is not grandstanding; it is the reality of why things don’t work.”
Obi concluded his remarks with a call to action for security agencies, arguing that vote buying flourishes due to the combined effect of political manipulation and institutional failure to protect electoral integrity. He warned that unless this practice is curtailed, Nigeria’s democracy will continue to deteriorate, leaving citizens trapped in an endless cycle of poor governance and poverty.
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