“Recall that the National Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu had in December of last year warned incumbent office holders against using state resources or apparatuses for their campaigns, or deploying same against their opponents.
“Yakubu, who issued the warning at a lecture titled “Political corruption & other emerging issues for the 2019 elections” in Abuja, noted that INEC has the power to monitor campaign financing & sources of funds according to the Constitution & the Electoral Act 2010 as amended.
“However, 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 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.
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