The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has denied reports that about N8.7 billion were spent by the party for the 2015 presidential election campaigns.
The party challenged Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), the authors, to show proof that it was authentic and reliable while insinuating that the All Progressives Congress may have had inputs into the reports.
CSJ had in Abuja on Tuesday, said that its research into party finances and expenses particularly for the 2015 presidential election campaigns showed that the PDP and the APC jointly spent about N11.6 billion in the exercise.
It said while the PDP spent N8.7 billion or 82 per cent of the total amount, the APC spent N2.9 billion representing 20 per cent of the total amount at the campaigns.
According to the PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, “The figure is very subjective because the authors could not show how they arrived at what they published. And I do not know how they arrived at the figure unless they got it from the APC. The authors of the figure should show proof that it is genuine.”
“Furthermore, as the spokesman of the PDP, I cannot talk on the presidential campaign funds because I was not directly involved in the management of campaigns funds at that time.”
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