A wealthy northern merchant offered Osman unlimited campaign funds for re-election.
Evidence
Osman noted in his diary, “Received the big northern merchant Haji Ahmed Haji Abdillahi Hashish. He asked me to accept starting now re-election, declaring himself disposed to send as much money as possible to see me re-elected.” — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 920
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
Related
- Wealthy northern merchants actively financed Somali presidential campaigns in 1967 (similarity 0.87)
- Osman refused to buy votes even knowing it would cost him the presidential election. (similarity 0.80)
- Osman refused vote-buying even when it cost him the 1967 presidency (similarity 0.80)
- Osman demanded a second ballot and won the presidency again (similarity 0.79)
- Osman refused to campaign personally, leaving his fate to parliament (similarity 0.79)
- Osman refused to bribe MPs even while his opponents did. (similarity 0.78)