Olalekan Adetayo, AbujaThe Coalition of United Political Parties on Sunday asked member parties to shun the directive by the Independent National Electoral Commission and resume campaigns ahead of the Saturday’s presidential election. He argued that since the presidential election had been shifted to Saturday, political parties are at liberty to resume campaign till midnight on Thursday. He, therefore, asked member parties to resume campaigns from Sunday and mobilise voters for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. “It is, therefore, wrong to expect that political parties will stop campaigns on February 14 for polls that will open on February 23. “It is unlawful and statutorily wrong to curtail the clear intendment of this section of the Electoral Act which is clear and unambiguous.

Source: Punch February 17, 2019 12:00 UTC