INEC threatens to sanction aspirants and parties over unlawful campaign

February 20, 2024 Joshua Samuel

Anugbum Onuoha, the Edo State resident electoral commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, has issued a warning to candidates and political parties regarding the consequences of continuing their gubernatorial campaign beyond the deadline.

The REC stated in his announcement on Monday in Benin that parties and candidates were anticipated to start their campaigns on April 24 and that the commission had not relaxed the campaign ban.

He stated that since the primary election is an internal matter, political parties were not expected to publicly campaign for it.

He urged all the political parties and aspirants to pull down billboards, signposts, as well as adverts on television and in newspapers.

The REC said, “I am calling on the aspirants and the 16 political parties taking part in the September 21 election to comply with the timetable of the election.

“They are not supposed to campaign publicly for the primary election. It is against the law.

“I will urge them to pull down their banners, and billboards and stop running jingles on the radio.

“If they do not comply with this directive, we would have no other option than to sanction them.”

Onuoha added that he must write a report and send it to the headquarters of the commission, not to announce results as the primary election is an internal affair.

“We were present at the APC primary election. We saw what happened and we will present our report to Abuja,” he said.

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