All Progressives Congress has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to compel Peoples Democratic Party to disclose the list of those who donated 21 Billion Naira to its campaign funds in accordance with the electoral act.
Deputy National Chairman Senator Lawal Shuaibu made this statement while addressing reporters at his Abuja home. He said “If the Independent National Electoral Commission is serious about enforcing the provisions of the Electoral Act, the first thing they will do is to ensure that every member of the PDP who pledged a donation at the fund raising, the receipt is produced by the party and the individual or organisation must show INEC the source of the money.
“This is the law and the Electoral Act is very clear about this. When a governor says he has donated N1 billion, it must not be from government coffers. INEC knows that the governor has no right to take the people’s money and donate.
“The National Chairman of the party Muazu said part of that money will be used to complete the national secretariat and the rest will be used for campaign at all levels. There is provision in the law that says you can use government money meant for developmental projects for political campaign.
“So, the party should show us the receipt issued to each donor by the party and let us see the accounts of the PDP because such money cannot come in bags and sacks, but through some instruments.
“We must know the source of that money. If comes from government account, government has responsibility to sanction the PDP or prosecute the person who stole government money for political campaigns. In our own case, we intend to do fund raising, which is going to be very transparent. Whoever donates money, we will publish it so that the whole world will see.”
He also added that APC will publish the list of all those who are donating to the Campaign Funds of Gen. Mohammadu Buhari.
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