The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised N350 million from the sale of nomination and expression of interest forms for Anambra governorship election.
This is even as the party is holding its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Wednesday to address issues bothering on the state of the party.
The nomination and expression of interest forms of the party were purchased by seven governorship aspirants at the cost of N50 million each, making the total, N350 million.
While the nomination form was pegged at N40 million, the cost expression of interest form was N10 million.
The seven aspirants, who purchased the forms are Hon. Chukuma Michael Umeoji, Prof. Obiora Francis Okonkwo, Nicholas Chukwujeku Ukachukwu, Sir Paul Chukwuma, Onunkwo Johnbisco Obinna, Valentine Ozigbo, and Edozie Madu.
The sale of the forms, which began on February 10, closed on Tuesday, February 25, 2025. Submission of completed forms was scheduled for Wednesday, February 26, but may be extended by a day due to the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting taking place at the same venue.
Meanwhile, one of the governorship aspirants for Anambra under APC, Hon. Chukuma Umeoji, has asked other aspirants to step down for him being the aspirant, who has the experience to lead the state.
Speaking to newsmen shortly after submitting his nomination form, Umeoji, a former member of the House of Representatives, said he’s contesting to provide practical solutions and not theory to the myriad of problems facing the state.
Deriding the Governor Charles Soludo, Umeoji noted that the governor’s poor performance showed that academic qualification was not a guarantee for the best person.
He said: “I am calling on other aspirants to step down for Umeoji who has the experience. I may not have the capacity to talk like Soludo who promised everything and did nothing.
We are coming to provide practical solutions, not theory. His (Soludo) government has shown that academic qualification is not a guarantee for performance.”
He further said while speaking on insecurity in the state that, “If I win Anambra State, within 24 hours the guns will go down. The issue of unknown gunmen, no gunmen in Anambra is unknown. The people in the community know the criminals.
The people behind the insecurity are not unknown. We will give them a window for rehabilitation. The basic problem of crime is poverty.”
