The Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Enugu State, Chief Godfrey Uche Nnaji, said officials of the Enugu State Environmental Protection Agency, ENSEPA, stormed his campaign office on Abakaliki Road and removed posters and liveries used to decorate the premises.
The allegation is contained in a statement Nnaji gave to the Daily Post. He said the agency’s officials “tore down and carted away campaign materials” that had been placed on his office fence and surrounding areas.
In the same statement Nnaji said the action invaded his privacy and contravened an ongoing court process challenging the state’s signage policy at the Federal High Court in Abuja. “My privacy has been invaded by the Enugu State government,” he said, adding, “My personal campaign office was attacked by the Enugu State Environmental Protection Agency (ENSEPA) and all my posters torn down in contravention of an ongoing court process.”
Nnaji told Daily Post the parties in the case had been served with a Motion on Notice and were awaiting the court hearing when the enforcement action took place. He described the alleged removal of his campaign materials as “politically sad and unethical” and questioned why the state would take such action while the legal challenge was pending.
The statement said the Enugu State Government recently enacted legislation that prescribes a fine of N150 million for any political party that erects signage or posters without complying with state regulations ahead of the 2027 general elections. According to Nnaji, critics of the law have also argued that the N150 million penalty could be at odds with the campaign spending limit for governorship candidates under the Electoral Act 2026.
“If the Electoral Act limits total spend of a governorship candidate to N1 billion, then any state government that imposes such a fee for permit to post posters and erect signage, is either being unrealistic or is demonstrating that it does not want the opposition to campaign,” the statement said.
The report added that the Enugu State Structures for Signage and Advertisement Agency, ENSSAA, has reiterated its ban on the display and pasting of posters across the state, citing the Enugu State Structures for Signage and Advertisement Agency Law No. 12 of 2016.
Nnaji urged authorities to allow the judiciary to determine the legality of the signage regime, instead of taking enforcement steps that, he said, appear to prejudge the matter. “What makes this development particularly disturbing is that the Enugu State Government’s signage policy is currently being challenged before the Federal High Court, Abuja,” he said. “Why the haste? Why destroy first when the court is already seized of the matter?”
The allegations and statements in this article are taken from the Daily Post report of 27 September 2026. The report did not include a response from ENSEPA, ENSSAA or the Enugu State Government.
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