2027: APC doesn’t want opposition candidates to campaign anywhere - Galadima
A chieftain of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Buba Galadima, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government of creating obstacles for opposition politicians ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Galadima alleged that opposition candidates were being prevented from freely campaigning across the country, claiming that some were attacked whenever they visited certain areas.
He made the allegations during an appearance on Arise Television’s Prime Time on Tuesday, where he discussed the political environment ahead of the 2027 elections.
“There are blocks put in the path of the opposition. This APC and its government does not want any opposition person to campaign in any part of the country, as they are stoned wherever they go. They also want to make life impossible for those opposite them,” he said.
Galadima questioned whether such an environment could be described as democracy, arguing that democratic governance should guarantee political freedoms, including the right to campaign, speak and move freely.
“So, why should we call it democracy? We can just as well call it fascism, or dictatorship, or monarchy. They can’t claim to be democrats and not imbibe the tenets of democracy, which is free choice, free speech, free movement, and that is in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” he said.
The NDC chieftain, however, blamed citizens for allowing what he described as restrictions on political activities to continue.
“But all this they are doing is because we citizens have allowed them to do so,” Galadima said.
He also questioned the enforcement of campaign spending limits, citing the cost of political advertising and billboards across the country.
According to him, the Electoral Act limits campaign spending by political parties to N10 billion, but the cost of erecting billboards in some states could make compliance difficult.
“Do you know how much they are asking for one billboard in Abuja? In Imo, it is N1 billion. One billboard, not the whole state. Just to fix one billboard, you pay N1 billion,” he said.
Galadima argued that the cost of campaign billboards across the states could exceed the statutory spending limit.
“So, if you have to pay every state one billion, and you pay 37 states, which is 37 billion naira, including Abuja, did you run foul of the Act or not? So, why can’t somebody say anything?” he asked.
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