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APC realizes 12.635bn from nomination forms

The All Progressives Congress has realised N12.635bn from the sale of its nomination forms- Presidential, Senate and House of Representatives for the recently concluded APC primaries held across the country.

Only serving President Muhammadu Buhari was supported to collect the forms to contest the presidential primary. The president’s supporters were said to have paid N45m to obtain the forms on his behalf.

Governorship aspirants paid the non-refundable fee of N22.5m each to obtain their forms as of the close of sales; 171 aspirants were confirmed by the party to have obtained the forms. When the figure was multiplied by N22.5m, it amounted to N3,847,500,000 or N3.847bn.

For the Senate, 386 aspirants paid N7m each to obtain the forms and when the number was multiplied by the total number of aspirants, it brought the figure to N2.702bn.

No fewer than 1,587 persons paid N3.8m each to obtain the party’s nomination forms. When the number was multiplied, it amounted to N6.03bn.

When the sums were put together, they amounted to a grand total of N12.625bn.

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