Atiku Abubakar, presidential
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has accused President
Muhammadu Buhari of lying by saying he won’t allow use of state resources for
campaign purposes.
Abubakar has released what he
described as evidence of how state resources have been used for Buhari’s
reelection campaign.
The president on Wednesday said
he would not allow the use of public funds for the All Progressives Congress
(APC) campaign.
But in a statement issued on his
behalf by Paul Ibe, his spokesman, Abubakar cited alleged instances where the
federal ministry of information and culture has been producing “campaign
materials” for the president and the APC.
“In negation of the Constitution
and the Electoral Act 2010 as amended, the Buhari administration and the APC
has taken to the illegal deployment of state resources to its advantage for the
election,” the statement issued on Thursday read.
“We wish to remind President
Buhari and the APC that the use of state videos released by the Federal
Ministry of Information and Culture is illegal under the Electoral Act 2010 as
amended.
“The media is awash with
advertisements with the hashtag #PMBDIDIT and signed by the Federal Ministry of
Information and Culture and referencing so-called achievements of the APC
administration in the states of Abia, Kwara, Lagos, Ebonyi, Delta and Kano,
among others.
“These are without doubt 2019
presidential campaign materials produced by the Ministry of Information and
Culture using state resources and apparatuses to benefit President Buhari. (See
attached videos).”
Below are links to the said
videos:
[ANOTHER PROMISE DELIVERED]— APC United Kingdom (@APCUKingdom) November 6, 2018
RETIRED BIAFRAN WAR AFFECTED POLICE OFFICERS.
162 officers placed on the pension payroll and 57 next of kin have received death benefits of their deceased family member.#PMBDIDIT#GovtAtWorkNG@abikedabiri @Ayourb @Johannxs @BashirAhmaad @fkeyamo pic.twitter.com/9A7ZZvtlCU
Listen to Akpoteghor a former Staff of the Delta Steel Company tells his testimony of how former staff of the company were neglected over the decades but remembered under the President @MBuhari Administration. #PMBPaysPensions #PMBDidIt pic.twitter.com/tZeR9mLBHz— The Buhari Centre (@BuhariCentre) November 6, 2018
For the first time, 2 million market women & men are offered interest-free loans of N10,000 to N100,000. These beneficiaries didn't have to bribe their ways into the scheme, neither did they know any powerful Nigerian. This might seem little, but lives have been touched!— APC Nigeria (@APCNigeria) December 30, 2018
Atiku argued that the videos
produced by the federal ministry of information violate section 100 of the
electoral act, 2010.
The section reads: “A candidate
and his party shall campaign for the elections in accordance with such rules
and regu lations as may be determi ned by the Commission. (2) State apparatus
including the media shal l n ot be employed to the advantage or disadvantage of
any political party or candidate at any election.”
The PDP candidate demanded that
“INEC issues an immediate cease and desist order to both the ministry of
information and culture and to the broadcast channels running it”.
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