{"id":178791,"date":"2025-09-13T17:06:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T16:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/inec-must-prove-independence-in-2027-campaign"},"modified":"2025-09-13T18:09:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T17:09:17","slug":"inec-must-prove-independence-in-2027-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-must-prove-independence-in-2027-campaign","title":{"rendered":"INEC Must Prove Independence in 2027 Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>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 \u201cVote Tinubu 2027\u201d billboards long before the official campaign period begins.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed this while speaking on AIT Focus on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe law is against using the word \u2018vote for,\u2019 so any early discussions in campaign posters that talk about \u2018vote for\u2019 are the only things that the law talks about,\u201d Bagos said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why you see in Abuja today that someone put the banner and poster of the president without adding \u2018vote for.\u2019 They just put their 2027, so it is now left for you to interpret what 2027 is talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He noted that one of the billboards featured the president and his wife with the words \u201cVote Tinubu 2027,\u201d which he said was a violation of the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith that word \u2018vote,\u2019 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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bagos challenged the electoral body to act decisively, warning that failure to do so could make INEC appear biased ahead of the 2027 elections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; 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 \u201cVote Tinubu 2027\u201d billboards long before the official campaign period begins. He revealed this while speaking on AIT Focus on Thursday. 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