By Ikechukwu Okaforadi
The All Progressive Congress (APC) has clarified that contrary to reports in some media outlets claiming that the sum of N46 million which the party realised from sales of nomination and expression of interest forms got stolen yesterday, every money accruing to the party is intact.
In a statement issued yesterday by the National Publicity Secretary of APC, Felix Morka, the party said though it was reported that money belonging to an individual got missing at the gate of the party, it is not an APC money or funds generated through sales of nomination and expression of interest forms.
According to the statement, the Party’s decision to relocate to the International Conference Center (ICC) was never in reaction to the alleged missing money, but to ease the vehicular traffic around the National Secretariat of the party and reduce the crowd of supporters who thronged the party Secretariat with aspirants.
“Our attention has been drawn to reports in sections of the media regarding lost US Dollars at the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress.
“On Wednesday, April 27, 2022, a sum of $50,000 was reported lost by an individual around the entrance gate of the National Secretariat of the Party.
“To be clear, the lost money does not belong to the Party. The loss is neither connected with proceeds of sale of forms nor with relocation of the venue for the collection of Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms from the secretariat grounds to the International Conference Centre (ICC), as erroneously reported by the media.
“The Party’s decision to relocate the venue for collection of forms to the ICC was to ease heavy human and vehicular traffic around the Secretariat with teeming aspirants and their supporters who thronged the Secretariat to collect forms.
“As widely advertised and reported in major news outlets, all purchase of forms are payable to designated bank accounts of the Party. In any event, the fee for the said forms is set and denominated in Naira not US Dollars.
“We urge our party members and the general public to disregard any reports or suggestion to the contrary as false and grossly misleading”, the party said in the statement.
