Tambuwal Blasts Jonathan Over 2015 Elections

The Nigerian House of Representatives, led by Speaker Aminu Tambuwal has condemned the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its supporters for organising campaigns ahead of the 2015 general elections in violation of the Electoral Act.
According to Section 99 (1-3) of the Electoral Act states: “For the purpose of this Act, the period of campaigning in public by every political party shall commence 90 days before polling day and end 24 hours prior to that day.
“A registered political party which through any person acting on its behalf during the 24 hours before polling day procures for publication or acquiesces in the publication of an advertisement in a newspaper for the purpose of promoting or opposing a particular candidate, commits an offence under this Act and upon conviction is liable to a maximum fine of N500,000.”