Africa-Press – Nigeria. Former federal lawmaker, Dachung Bagos, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to prove its neutrality by penalizing President Bola Tinubu and his supporters for displaying “Vote Tinubu 2027” billboards long before the official campaign period begins.
He revealed this while speaking on AIT Focus on Thursday.
According to the former member representing Jos South/Jos East Federal Constituency, the adverts clearly violate Section 94 of the Electoral Act, 2022, which bars campaign messages explicitly soliciting votes outside the approved window.
“The law is against using the word ‘vote for,’ so any early discussions in campaign posters that talk about ‘vote for’ are the only things that the law talks about,” Bagos said.
“That is why you see in Abuja today that someone put the banner and poster of the president without adding ‘vote for.’ They just put their 2027, so it is now left for you to interpret what 2027 is talking about.”
He noted that one of the billboards featured the president and his wife with the words “Vote Tinubu 2027,” which he said was a violation of the law.
“With that word ‘vote,’ it is against the law, in Section 94. Whosoever, either the candidate or the party that puts that, INEC is supposed to have sanctioned this person,” he said.
“If it is the president and there is no party logo, because of the vote alone, INEC is supposed to sanction the president and caution him.”
Bagos challenged the electoral body to act decisively, warning that failure to do so could make INEC appear biased ahead of the 2027 elections.
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