₦airaland Forum

Some lawyers, including Senior Advocates of
Nigeria, have called for the prosecution of the
Peoples Democratic Party and those who donated
over N21. 27bn towards President Goodluck
Jonathan’s electioneering.
They said in separate ineterviews with The
PUNCH on Tuesday that the donors breached the
Electoral Act by exceeding the limit stipulated by
the Act.
Section 91(9) of the Act reads, “An individual or
other entity shall not donate more than
N1,000,000 to any candidate.”
Sub-section 10 of the same section adds that a
presidential candidate “who knowingly acts in
contravention of this section commits an offence
and on conviction is liable to a maximum fine of
N1m or imprisonment for a term of 12 months or
both.”
Section 91(2) of the same Act states that, “The
maximum election expenses to be incurred by a
candidate at a presidential election shall be
N1bn.”
The lawyers – Prof. Itse Sagay, Femi Falana,
Emeka Ngige, Mr. Jiti Ogunye and Monday Ubani
– said the Peoples Democratic Party dinner/fund-
raiser on Saturday was the height of impunity by
the ruling party.
While Sagay said the whole exercise was
suspicious, Falana and Ogunye argued that the
PDP and the donors needed to be punished to
serve as a deterrent to others.
http://www.punchng.com/news/lawyers-demand-pdp-donors-trial/

A president who doesn't know basic electoral laws of the country he governs, pathetic. When you call him clueless, you're called names.

Soon the topic will change to:

APC Lawyers To Sue PDP Over Donations

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Don't mind those saTANists.

they know the law but they don't care.

lawrencemleopo:
they know the law but they don't care.

Exactly and more reason they must be kicked out.

To HELL with those lawyers!! Why dnt they go after ameachi n tinubu. Nonsense!!

out constitution needs sugery if dis kind law dey their! Things are gettin expensive and services are bcomin expensive also..and u cant expect d value of curency to remain d same..1m? Mtcheew

Jonathan u have violated our laws too long.this was the straw that broke tHe camels back.

And we all used to think only OBJ (in the democratic era) had no respect for the constitution.

Of course more funds increases your likelihood of winning and nobody would have rejected over 21B naira for campaign (even GMB).

What GEJ ought to have done was to stay away from the fundraiser (along with Sambo) and condemn (but not reject) the amount of money raised...

A lot of our politicians defy the meaning of Homosapien: Thinking man

temitemi1:
To HELL with those lawyers!! Why dnt they go after ameachi n tinubu. Nonsense!!

Oga for once, condemn what isn't right. Do you have any evidence either man had donated over a million naira to Buhari??

We know behind closed doors some folks would even give as much as 10billion but the blatant disregard for the law by the same man who's supposed to be the No1 custodian and protector of the law in the country is very shameful.

It is either he was totally ignorant of the law (but then you ask what his advisers were doing) or he knew the law but still went ahead to trample upon it.

The president shows time and again what an embodiment of all the ills that plague this country he is.

So unfortunate.

temitemi1:
To HELL with those lawyers!! Why dnt they go after ameachi n tinubu. Nonsense!!

They flouted the constitution. Whether Amaechi and/or Tinubu did same is irrelevant in this matter and in saner climes, they ought to be brought to book (the donators I mean)...

If I remember clearly, you lot were quoting the constitution as (supposedly) violated by Tambuwal not too long ago irrespective of the fact that precedence and other factors were in his favour.
Do I sense double standards??

Hungry APC lawyers.

Exercise in futility

eaglechild:
Hungry APC lawyers.

I've been waiting for this post and thank God I'v not been disappointed