Experts have raised concerns over the difficulty of tracking election expenditure, as the Independent National Electoral Commission moves to independently verify a report alleging that the All Progressives Congress and Accord spent over N100bn on the August 15 Osun State governorship election.
A report published by Saturday PUNCH had unravelled the spending by the two leading parties on vote buying, campaign materials, party agents, canvassers, security personnel and electoral officers during the poll.
The report was based on findings from multiple sources, including party officials and other participants in the electoral process across the state.
The expenditure allegedly included billions of naira spent on vote buying.
Findings indicated that the APC allegedly allocated N40,000 per targeted voter, while Accord reportedly targeted an average of 150 voters in each of the state’s 3,763 polling units at N20,000 per voter.
