Peter Obi’s crowd-funding legal says Prof Ananaba

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Legal luminary, Prof Paul Ananaba, SAN has disclosed that it is not illegal for Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi to raise campaign fund externally through crowd-funding ahead of 2023 elections.

Prof Ananaba said this on AriseTV interview monitored by Nigerian Newssphere on Monday.

He was speaking on the heels of the legality of Labour Party’s presidential candidate diaspora Crowd-funding initiative, stating the electoral act only bars Political Party from external funding.

According to him, “Political party is barred from raising fund for election outside Nigeria, however a candidate can source for fund externally according to section 85-87 of the electoral act”, he said.

He explained that Nigeria’s electoral law preclude any political party from funding election from external fund, but not political candidate.

He further stated that the electoral law only recognised Political Party, not candidate.

Paul warned that all Political parties, candidates should play within the a bit of the electoral laws on elections financing.

He revealed enforcement of law should be key agenda on the lips political candidates in the forthcoming election.

 

 

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