The ADC Wants The EFCC And INEC To Probe APC Handouts

Geo-Political News

Abuja · Thursday 12 November 2026

The African Democratic Congress has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and INEC to investigate alleged distribution of cash and gifts at All Progressives Congress events ahead of the 2027 elections. The statement came on Wednesday from Phrank Shaibu, director of strategic communication for the ADC presidential campaign.

naira notes cash bundle Photograph by Sunday Abegunde via Unsplash.

What the ADC alleges

Alleged handout	Said to be from
Cash and cooked food	The City Boy Movement
Money and fabrics	An APC women leader, in circulating videos
Luxury vehicles	Presented to APC women leaders

These are allegations in a party statement. The APC had not responded when this was published.

The EFCC point. Shaibu contrasted the commission's prosecutions of ordinary Nigerians for spraying or abusing naira notes with its silence on cash at political events. It is a pointed argument, and the EFCC has made it easier to raise by acting quickly in one kind of case and slowly in the other.

Every party accuses the other of buying votes. The test is whether any agency ever investigates the one in power.

What would settle it

INEC has rules on campaign finance and inducement, and the EFCC has the power to trace money. A public statement from either, saying what they have looked at and what they found, would do more for confidence in the election than any number of party press releases, from either side.

Reporting: Legit.ng and TheCable.

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