2027: Atiku Media Office accuses INEC of granting portal access to ADC faction

The Atiku Media Office has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of unlawfully granting portal entree to a rival faction of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, to upload candidates for the 2027 wide election.

The media outfit alleged that the determination is aimed astatine weakening absorption parties.

The allegation is contained successful a connection issued by the Atiku Media Office successful Abuja on Monday.

According to the statement, Nafiu Bala Gombe, who it described arsenic a “pretender” to the ADC nationalist chairmanship, announced connected July 11 that helium had successfully uploaded the names of his candidates to INEC’s campaigner information portal.

The Atiku Media Office maintained that entree to INEC’s campaigner information portal is meant for the recognised enactment of governmental parties successful enactment with the commission’s guidelines for the 2027 wide election.

“By granting entree codification to Bala Gombe, a pretender laying claims to the chairmanship of the ADC, though the instrumentality is not connected his broadside and INEC has since validated the chairmanship of the Sen. David Mark-led exco, the electoral umpire is erstwhile again manifesting its partisanship,” the connection said.

Stressing that lone the enactment headed by erstwhile Senate President David Mark is recognised by law, it insisted that immoderate campaigner database submitted by Gombe is invalid...