{"id":361874,"date":"2025-08-05T10:42:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T09:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=361874"},"modified":"2025-08-05T10:42:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T09:42:40","slug":"falana-tells-inec-to-stop-politicians-from-ongoing-premature-2027-campaigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/08\/05\/falana-tells-inec-to-stop-politicians-from-ongoing-premature-2027-campaigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Falana tells INEC to stop politicians from ongoing premature 2027 campaigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Falana stressed campaigns two years before elections were not recognised in law and undermined Nigeria\u2019s democratic process.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>He insisted INEC had the authority to caution politicians who ignored constitutional timelines for political campaigns.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has faulted political parties and aspirants for beginning campaigns two years ahead of the 2027 polls.<\/p>\n<p>Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria, spoke on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today programme on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He asked the Independent National Electoral Commission to caution politicians, warning that the Electoral Act 2022 forbade such early activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as the Electoral Act, 2022 is concerned, the ongoing election campaign is illegal, totally illegal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Falana noted that Nigerians expected governance and stability, not political distractions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s also diversionary, because what Nigerians expect now, and what the law provides, is governance of the country without disruption,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer said politicians in government were not exempt, insisting INEC must remind them of their responsibilities under the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no provision yet. There is no room yet for campaigning in Nigeria,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>He maintained that campaigns could only begin within the timeframe stipulated by law, unless amended by the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe media must also help Nigerians by ensuring that when the time for campaigns comes, politicians are taken out of the cocoon of ethnicity, religion, and other primordial considerations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Falana challenged politicians to provide solutions to Nigeria\u2019s pressing problems before seeking votes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you say you want to replace those in power, what is your solution to the electricity crisis, the crisis in the education system, the bad roads, and other problems confronting Nigeria?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>He further said those in authority owed citizens a duty to govern effectively before talking about elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen is the government going to govern the country? And that is why the law has set out when election campaigns will start, when they can end. It cannot be a business of four years,\u201d Falana said.<\/p>\n<p>The senior advocate dismissed zoning or rotation debates, describing them as unhelpful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou insult Nigerians when you hand over the politics of the country to a few people to decide who should govern, for how many years, which side of the country or which religious group should rule,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He urged politicians to focus on solving national challenges and upholding constitutional provisions that placed citizens\u2019 security and welfare above politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Falana stressed campaigns two years before elections were not recognised in law and undermined Nigeria\u2019s democratic process. He insisted INEC had the authority to caution politicians who ignored constitutional timelines for political campaigns. 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