SERAP SUES INEC OVER ALLEGED DIVERSION OF N800BN BY APC GOVERNORS
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By: Fasasi Hammad
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has instituted legal action against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), seeking an order compelling the electoral body to investigate allegations that governors elected under the All Progressives Congress (APC) diverted N800 billion for political and campaign-related activities.
In a statement, SERAP alleged that the governors had been making monthly deductions from their allocations from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) into a special campaign fund aimed at supporting President Bola Tinubu’s re-election campaign.
The organisation disclosed that the suit, filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja and marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1426/2026, was instituted last week.
SERAP is asking the court to direct INEC to probe the allegations and require the APC and the affected governors to provide full details of the alleged campaign fund, including the identities of contributors and the legitimate sources of the funds.
The group is also seeking a court order compelling INEC to conduct a comprehensive review of compliance with Section 91 of the Electoral Act by political parties and candidates, particularly in relation to campaign financing and the sources of political donations during the current electoral cycle.
According to SERAP, the allegations raise serious questions about transparency in political financing, the integrity of the electoral process and citizens’ constitutional right to participate freely in democratic governance.
The organisation argued that secretive campaign financing encourages corruption, weakens public confidence in democratic institutions and undermines the legitimacy of elections.
SERAP further maintained that Nigerians have a right to know who finances political parties and candidates, as well as the origin of such funds.
It added that any alleged diversion of public resources for political purposes poses a threat to democratic accountability and public trust, stressing that transparency in campaign financing is essential to preventing corruption, undue influence and the capture of state institutions for partisan interests.
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