No N200m form yet, APC insists amid 2027 nomination fee controversy

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed as “fake and misleading” a widely circulated report claiming to detail the cost of its expression of interest and nomination forms for the 2027 general elections.

The report, which gained traction between March 26 and 27 across several news platforms and social media channels, alleged that the party had fixed its nomination fees at N200 million for presidential aspirants, N150 million for governorship hopefuls, N100 million for senatorial candidates, N70 million for House of Representatives contestants, and N20 million for state assembly aspirants.

The figures quickly sparked heated debate nationwide, with critics describing them as excessive and reflective of the rising cost of political participation in Nigeria.

However, in a statement issued on Saturday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, firmly denied the claims, stressing that no decision had been taken regarding the sale or pricing of nomination forms for the 2027 electoral cycle.

He described the report as “a mere figment of the writer’s mischievous imagination” and urged party members, media organizations, and the general public to disregard the information entirely.

According to Morka, the APC has not commenced any official process concerning the sale of forms and would communicate any such decision through its accredited and official channels when appropriate.

The denial came shortly after the party concluded its national convention in Abuja, where a new National Working Committee was elected to oversee the party’s affairs for the next four years.

Despite the swift rebuttal, the alleged figures had already ignited strong reactions among political stakeholders and legal analysts. Speaking on Channels Television, legal practitioner John Oloyede cited the purported amounts as further evidence of what he described as the deepening monetization of Nigeria’s political system.

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“We’ve been complaining since before the Second Republic, and nothing has changed,” Oloyede said, noting that figures such as N200 million for president, N150 million for governor, and N100 million for senate—if true—would represent a troubling trend that prioritizes wealth over competence and effectively shuts out capable but less affluent Nigerians from contesting for public office.

Political observers say the controversy highlights broader concerns about the financial barriers to political participation, even as parties continue to defend nomination fees as necessary administrative and organizational costs.

For now, the APC maintains that no official pricing has been set and insists that the circulating figures are entirely unfounded.