In what proved to be one of the lowest
and most tasteless political adverts of all
time, the Governor of Ekiti state, Ayo
Fayose, splashed on the front pages of
the Punch newspaper and the Sun
newspaper the most shameful advert of
all time where he asked Nigerians if they
wanted an end to “State funerals”.
punch advert
The advert, which was in bad taste and
featured former heads of state of Nigeria
called on Nigerians to refuse to vote for
Northerners and he even went as far as
backing his advert with a bible verse.
The advert has elicited varied responses
from commentators and there’s an
ongoing debate as to whether the
newspapers in question-The Punch as
well as the daily sun should have run the
advert in the first place.
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, the
Presidential aspirant of the All
Progressives Congress and the intended
target of the advert took to his twitter
page to respond. He tweeted; “How can
his (President Goodluck Jonathan)
campaign be talking about ex-dead
leaders, jogging around the stadium and
outright lies about health?”
It is worthy of note that the political
campaign of the PDP has seemed to be
centred around discrediting the
opposition as well as spreading
falsehood about the opposition
candidate.
Many commentators strongly opine that
the use of such distasteful tactics and this
unforgivable gaffe by Governor Ayo
Fayose just might cost President
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan the elections.
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