Court fines Adamawa ADC governorship candidate N3m over campaign posters

The Chief Magistrate Court II sitting successful Yola, Adamawa State, has ordered the African Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship campaigner successful the state, Omar Suleiman, to wage N3 cardinal successful damages for pasting run posters connected nationalist structures.

The bid was made connected Thursday, with Suleiman’s counsel accusing the authorities authorities of utilizing its powers to intimidate governmental opponents by instituting the case.

The tribunal issued the bid portion ruling connected a suit filed against Suleiman by the Adamawa State Ministry of Environment, the Adamawa State Urban Planning Board and the Attorney General.

The tribunal held that Suleiman had pasted run posters astatine strategical locations, including flyovers, successful usurpation of an enforcement order, and ordered him to wage the stated sum to the authorities authorities arsenic damages resulting from his actions.

The tribunal besides warned Suleiman and his supporters to desist from indiscriminately pasting posters connected nationalist structures.

DAILY POST reports that Governor Ahmadu Fintiri had issued an enforcement bid banning the pasting of run posters connected nationalist infrastructure, peculiarly connected the flyovers acro...