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One of the affected aspirants, Paul Yovwe Oyiborume, told SaharaReporters on Thursday that his experience during preparations for the party’s national convention was both frustrating and deeply unfair.
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) faces allegations of collecting millions of naira from aspirants aiming to contest party positions, only to reportedly withhold nomination forms by claiming the positions were already filled.
According to SaharaReporters, one of the affected aspirants, Paul Yovwe Oyiborume, said on Thursday that his experience during preparations for the party’s national convention was both frustrating and deeply unfair.
Oyiborume, a long-time member and pioneer youth leader of the party in his local government area, said he had paid millions of naira for nomination forms but was ultimately denied the chance to contest.
He explained that he initially purchased a form to run for the position of National Secretary of the APC, only to later be informed that the slot had already been zoned to the South-West and earmarked specifically for Ajibola Basiru of Osun State.
He said, “Normally, I bought from our convention. You know, the APC convention. They published the positions and we decided to buy the form. When I bought the form, I was running for the National Secretary of the party.
“When you pay in the bank, you take the teller to the finance department of the party for them to confirm the money. After that, they will issue you a receipt acknowledging that you have paid your money.
“But after I paid the money, they refused to give me a receipt for the National Secretary form. They said that position had been moved to the South-West, to Osun State, and in fact to Senator Ajibola Basiru, the current National Secretary.”
Oyiborume said party officials bluntly told him the position could no longer be contested, despite the fact that the nomination forms were still being sold.
He told SaharaReporters that after several arguments with officials at the party’s finance department, the National Financial Secretary advised him to instead contest for a position zoned to his geopolitical zone.
“So nobody could revise their position again,” he said. “They were just blunt about it in the finance department.
“After much talk, talk, talk, I saw the National Financial Secretary who told me, ‘My brother, it is better you take the position that is zoned to your geopolitical zone and to your state. That one is better.’”
According to him, the position zoned to Delta State was National Publicity Secretary, prompting him to make another payment.
“I am from Delta State, so the position zoned to Delta State is National Publicity Secretary. I then paid for that one, about N5.1 million,” he said.
However, Oyiborume alleged that even after making the payment and receiving confirmation, he was still denied the nomination form by officials at the party’s organising department.
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