It would be convenient to frame this episode as yet another example of “vote buying.” But what the Ayawaso East video exposes is something more troubling: the steady normalisation of vote selling. Vote buying places the moral burden on politicians. Thus, vote buying mutates into vote selling. The viral circulation of the Ayawaso East video amplifies this risk. Ghana’s responses to vote buying are often episodic, with heightened scrutiny during election cycles and diminished attention afterwards.

Source: GhanaWeb March 06, 2026 05:33 UTC