The National Chairman of Nigeria’s governing party; All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdullahi Adamu has expressed optimism that the party will win the forthcoming gubernatorial election for Ekiti State, slated for June this year.
Adamu expressed his view in Abuja on Friday, when he formally presented the APC candidate for the election to President Muhammadu Buhari.
He said: “We came to present Mr Abiodun Abayomi Oyebanji, who is the gubernatorial candidate of our great party the APC in the forthcoming election of 18th June, 2022. He emerged successful after a very thorough and transparent primary election.
“We came to present him for the President’s blessings and for the President; the father and leader of our party to formally present the flag of our great party the APC to him and that has just been done. The President was so happy in receiving the candidate and by the grace of God the Governor to be for Ekiti.”
Presidential Primaries
When asked to comment on how the APC hopes to hold rancour free presidential primary election, the Chairman said the process will be free and fair, culminating with the emergence of an acceptable candidate.
“We will come out by the grace of God and at the appropriate time with a candidate that the convention of our great party will choose. I do not want to speculate but my duty as a party Chairman is to listen to our party men and leaders and stakeholders to see what is going to be best when the time comes.,” he said.
Cost of Nomination Form
Explaining why the cost of nomination forms for the party is high, with that of presidential aspirants fixed at N100, 000, 000, Adamu said the party had to do so in order to mobilize enough funds for the running of the party as well as its campaigns for next year’s general elections.
“On the issue of cost of our forms, we have been listening to the hues and cries form our lovers and our adversaries and we have no regrets whatsoever, we did some homework and we know what it takes to go through primaries, presidential campaigns and election of a president.
“We also do know that there are citizens who are qualified to contest but are not serious contenders who will assert their rights and create problems for our party. Similarly, we know that there are political parties that have no chance to win the presidential election in Nigeria, they will sponsor people to parties that have prospects of winning the election in order to cause problems or divert attention.
“Over and above that, yes, we are the ruling and we need to set an example. We don’t want to continue begging for funds particularly in an election year like this. So we want to see that we are able to mobilize enough funds to support our effort to win an elections” the APC Chairman clarified.
He disclosed that the APC has not yet decided which part of the country its presidential candidate would come from.
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