Victor Ezeja
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as ‘rumours’ the reports that it lost $75,000 at the ‘Buhari House’, its national secretariat in Abuja.
According to a statement released on Thursday by the APC National Publicity Secretary, Barr. Felix Morka, it was an individual who reported to have lost $50,000 around entrance gate of the party’s national secretariat.
Morka said the lost money therefore, do not belong to the party or has any connection with proceeds from the sale of nomination forms as reported in some media platforms.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelSome media platforms had in Wednesday reported that $75,000 realised from sale of nomination forms to electoral aspirants got missing at APC national secretariat.
The party called on members of the public to disregard such information, pointing out that as it widely advertised, all payments for nomination forms by aspirants are done in the bank.
The statement reads:
“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.
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“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,” Morka concluded.
Victor Ezeja is a passionate journalist with seven years of experience writing on economy, politics and energy. He holds a Master's degree in Mass Communication.
