Ebun Francis|
The presidential candidate of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar on Thursday picked holes in the claim on Wednesday that government money will not be used in his re-election campaign.
Atiku who accused president Muhammadu Buhari of lying released what he described as evidence of how state resources have been used for Buhari’s reelection campaign.
In a statement issued on his behalf by one of his campaign spokesperson, Paul Ibe, Atiku cited alleged instances where the federal ministry of information and culture has been producing “campaign materials” for the president and the APC.
The statement read, “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.”
“We wish to remind President Buhari and the APC that the use of state videos released by the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture is illegal under the Electoral Act 2010 as amended.
“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.
“These are without doubt 2019 presidential campaign materials produced by the Ministry of Information and Culture using state resources and apparatuses to benefit President Buhari. (See attached videos).”
Below are links to the said videos provided by Atiku:
[ANOTHER PROMISE DELIVERED]
RETIRED BIAFRAN WAR AFFECTED POLICE OFFICERS.
162 officers placed on the pension payroll and 57 next of kin have received death benefits of their deceased family member.#PMBDIDIT#GovtAtWorkNG@abikedabiri @Ayourb @Johannxs @BashirAhmaad @fkeyamo pic.twitter.com/9A7ZZvtlCU
— APC United Kingdom (@APCUKingdom) November 6, 2018
No Federal Government has ever considered empowering grassroots micro-businesses until the establishment of TraderMoni – Which is empowering 2 million micro enterprises with an unsecured N10,000 loan to help stimulate their businesses – #PMBDIDIT pic.twitter.com/tVnYcdnX2I
— OniOfLasgidi (@SeWillem) December 30, 2018