Presidential Poll: Makinde, APM drag Gov Otti to court over N200m campaign fee

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA – The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and its presidential candidate, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, have instituted a legal action against Governor Alex Otti of Abia State over the alleged unlawful imposition of a N200 million mandatory campaign fee.
According to the plaintiffs, the Abia State governor mandated that any presidential candidate wishing to display campaign materials in any part of the state must pay the stipulated fee.
Also cited as defendants in the suit, marked HC/214/2026 and filed before the High Court of Abia State, are the state’s Attorney General, the Abia State Signage and Advertisement Agency (ASAA), and the state House of Assem...