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Money Will Determine 2023 Presidency Winner – Afe Babalola

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Legal luminary, Afe Babalola, on Wednesday said the winner of next year’s presidential election will be determined by the amount of money each candidate can spend.

Babalola said the election will not produce the best among the candidates vying to replace President Muhammadu Buhari.

He said this at a media briefing in Ado Ekiti, while lamenting that the election, which will be conducted under the 1999 constitution, will produce those who have brought the country on her knees.

He said, “It is not who can make a difference that will win this election, I repeat, it is not the person who has all it takes – age, health, education, and patriotism, that will win the election; the winner of this election I can bet it, is going to be the person who has made money in this country.

“It is the person who has the money that will win.”

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Babalola also argued that the endorsement of the Labour Party flagbearer, Peter Obi by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, cannot stand against the role money will play in the forthcoming election.

“A man who wants to rule the whole country or any part of the country, ought to be screened. Has he ever worked before, what type of work did he do, did he steal there, was he a good manager, does he pay his taxes regularly, what contributions has he made to society?

“You cannot just come from nowhere and become president, become governor, become member of house; these are transactional business men.

“I still stand by my suggestion that any election conducted under the present 1999 Constitution cannot and will not produce new leaders with new ideas, rather any election conducted with the 1999 Constitution will merely result in recycling people who have brought Nigeria to grinding poverty, unemployment, under-funded education, and insecurity,” the educationist emphasized.

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