6 - - 6.1.5. The 3rd Defendant is the present sitting elected President of Nigeria and the nominated presidential candidate of the 4th Defendant registered political party in Nigeria in the February 14, 2015 presidential election as scheduled. 6.1.6. The 5th Defendant is the electoral umpire and agency of Government charged with the responsibility of conducting elections and monitoring compliance of electoral laws by registered political parties in Nigeria. 6.1.7. On the 20th December, 2014, the 3rd Defendant as leader of 4th Defendant organized and held a fund raising dinner for the presidential election campaign in the nation seat of power called Aso Villa Banquette Hall, which was televised live across the nation and beyond, where he knowingly and with the due connivance with other Defendants received anonymous monetary donations from guests present who where majorly government contractors, Governors of States and Executives of Government parastatals and agencies, donations totalling N21.27 Billion for his campaign towards the February 14, 2015 Presidential election. 6.1.8. The names of such illegal donors to the 3 rd Defendant Campaign Funds included N50 Million from a purported Governors’ Forum by Governor Isa Yuguda, NDDC N5 Million, Mrs. Bola Shagaya friends of the First Lady N5 Billion, Mr. Tunde Ayeni N2 Billion, Gas Sector N5 Billion, Transport and Aviation Sector N1 Billion, Real Estate N4 Billion, Food and Agriculture N500 Million, Construction Sector N310 Million, Road Construction N250 Million, Sifax Group and Shelter Development Limited N250 Million. 6.1.9. The Plaintiffs aver that the 1999 Constitution, Electoral and extant laws forbid the acceptance of any anonymous monetary donation or gift of any kind, and any other donations exceeding N1 Million from individuals and N1 Billion expenditure for presidential candidates. 6.1.10. The Plaintiffs further state that the said 3rd Defendant President Fund Raising Dinner was designed to openly assault the sensibilities of and cow intended voters into submission and intimidates the impoverish general public and run the Plaintiffs politically out of the contest when it exceeded the stipulated ceiling of N1 Billion for each presidential candidate at that election including the Plaintiffs.

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