Paul Ibe, media aide to the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has challenged the APC to elucidate the funding of seven brand-new Toyota Prado SUVs reportedly distributed to youth leaders for election mobilisation.
Ibe reacted on X after APC National Youth Leader Dayo Israel mentioned he had offered the automobiles to chose youth leaders and thanked First Lady Oluremi Tinubu for her help.
Israel mentioned the automobiles would assist election mobilisation, including that the occasion would “deliver polling unit by polling unit.”
Ibe demanded that the First Lady, Israel, and the APC disclose who paid for the automobiles, the supply of the funds, and the beneficiaries’ identities. He additionally questioned whether or not public funds or property have been used for the distribution.
He known as on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to look at the funding preparations and decide whether or not they adjust to campaign-finance legal guidelines.
“The Nigerian treasury is not the APC’s campaign purse, and the Presidency must not become the ruling party’s election-financing machinery,” Ibe mentioned.
He added that deleting the submit would not finish calls for accountability, saying: “Deleting the post cannot delete the demand for accountability.”
