Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan (Left) and National Chairman of APC, Senatoer Abdullahi Adamu
OLD TIMES: Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan (Left) and National Chairman of APC, Senatoer Abdullahi Adamu

Breaking: Controversy Over Jonathan’s Alleged Purchase Of N100m APC Nomination Form

Heritage Bank's Memo Confirms N100m Payment For APC Nomination Form
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The claim that Ex-president Goodluck Jonathan has officially joined the 2023 presidential race under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) , having paid the  mandatory N100 million for nomination forms,  is now a subject of controversy as his aide told supporters in the ruling party to leave him alone.

There is still an uncertainty regarding whether the former President actually made the payment by himself or through  other APC  members clamoring for a Jonathan ‘Presidency’  in 2023, especially as he  has not officially left the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

Impeccable sources in Heritage Bank confirmed  to PBA that  a payment of N100 million payment  was made on behalf of the ex-president for Nomination Form and Expression of Interest Form in two tranches on Monday, but failed to confirm if it was done directly or by proxy.

A northern group  was, however, said to have purchased the forms on his behalf.

Efforts to reach the former president’s aide on telephone was not successful at the time of filing the report. One of his aides, Ike Eze subsequently reached our reporter explaining that those claiming he bought APC forms were acting on their own. He promised  issue  an official statement on behalf of his principal ‘ very soon’.

 

Heritage Bank Confirms Ex-President Jonathan’s N70m payment for APC Nomination Form – Prime Business Africa
Heritage Bank Confirms President Jonathan’s N100m Payment For APC Nomination Form

Our  Abuja Correspondent Monday evening sighted  the two separate letters  from the Heritage Bank addressed to the National Secretariat of the APC confirming payment of N30 million for Expression of Interest Form  and N70 million  for the Nomination Form, the sum of which guaranteed the N100 million payment  for participation in the ruling party’s presidential primary election from May 30 to June 1, 2022.

There have been speculations regarding  alleged plans by  the APC and power brokers in the North to  plant the former  President and leader of the opposition PDP as president in 2023  to forestall the possibility of a president of  the Southeast extraction in 2023 and at the same time provide an opportunity for the office  to return to the North  after four years.  Political pundits say that the calculation by the power brokers is being propelled by the knowledge that the Ijaw, South South leader, having previously served a four-year term will not be constitutionally eligible to run for a second term in 2026.

According to sources close to the arrangement, the power brokers hope that President Jonathan’s affiliation with the Southeast and the support he garnered from the region prior to and during his presidency between 2011 and 2015 before  the PDP  was defeated by  the APC and  incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari  will be able to dilute the Southeast claim to the Presidency.

Prime Business Africa’s confirmation of President Jonathan’s willing participation as APC  Presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections follows its earlier exclusive revelation of payment of the same sum  by the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Godwin Emefiele.

READ ALSO: Breaking: Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor Emefiele Joins Presidential Race, Picks Nomination Form

 

The apex bank governor 24 hours after the exclusive report backtracked, saying he would be rejecting the form already purchased.  Notwithstanding,  Prime Business Africa  has strong evidence of Emefiele’s active participation in the process as well as his spirited efforts to ensure he  sails through.


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