APC rakes in N219.9m from by-election form sales

The All Progressives Congress (APC) is said to have raked in a whopping N219.9 million from the sale of nomination and expression of interest forms for both the senatorial and State constituency seats by-election scheduled to hold in 8 states on October 31, 2020.

According to findings by National Daily, N199.5 million from the 30 aspirants jostling for six senatorial tickets, while N20.4 million was realized from the Twenty four aspirants angling for the party’s tickets for six states House of Assembly election.

As at the close of submission of nomination forms by aspirants on Monday, Imo North Senatorial district is leading the pack with 11 aspirants while Cross River North Senatorial district and Plateau South Senatorial districts have five aspirants each jostling for the party’s tickets. Bayelsa Central and Bayelsa West Senatorial districts have four aspirants each while Lagos East Senatorial district has only one aspirant.

For the State House of Assembly elections, out of the 12 aspirants that procured the nomination and expression of interest forms for Kosofe State Constituency only one aspirant returned his form on Monday.

It was gathered that the aspirants in the contest may have reached a consensus to throw up the only aspirant that submitted his form

Five aspirants are to slug it out for the party’s ticket for Ibaji State Constituency of Kogi State while four aspirants are penciled down for Bakura State Constituency, Zamfara State and one aspirant each for Nganzai State Constituency, Bornu State, Bayo State Constituency, Bornu and Obudu State Constituency, Cross River State.

Meanwhile, the party’s time-table and schedule of activities for the conduct of the 2020 concurrent legislative by-elections showed that screening of aspirants is being conducted between Tuesdays 25th to Wednesday 26th August, 2020.

Publication of claims and objections will hold on Friday 28th August; screening appeal is slated for Tuesday 1st September while the party primary in the 12 constituencies will hold on Saturday 5th September, 2020.