“The report confirms APM’s position that under President Tinubu, Nigeria’s constitutional democracy and democratic institutions have been captured by executive authoritarianism,” Yusuf said. APM also alleged that security agencies had been used to suppress protests and criticism, with citizens allegedly killed, beaten, arrested, detained or charged with treason. On press freedom, the party alleged that about 100 journalists had been brutalised or detained while covering pro-democracy protests or engaging in critical reporting. It alleged that in some APC-controlled states, opposition parties were also being denied access to media platforms and prevented from erecting campaign billboards. It accused INEC, under its chairman, Prof. Josiah Amupitan, of undue interference in the internal affairs of opposition parties and alleged refusal to obey court orders favourable to them.