Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello has paid the sum of N100 million (One Hundred Million Naira) for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential form ahead of the party’s primaries.
Director, media and publicity, Yahaya Bello Presidential Campaign Organisation, Yemi Kolapo, made this known in a statement on Tuesday.
Daily Trust reports that Kolapo said the governor paid for the forms on Tuesday morning, thereby stamping his name as the first APC aspirant to make the purchase in anticipation of clinching the party’s ticket to run for the office of the president in 2023.
He also said Bello will be picking up the form on Wednesday, April 27, 2022.
“With the payment for the forms, Governor Bello’s teeming supporters should rest assured that he will be on the ballot in the 2023 presidential race. We are highly encouraged by the number of APC Governors, leaders and stakeholders who have demonstrated their strong support for the candidacy of our principal. We reiterate that he is not known for betrayal. He is always very loyal to his own and his priorities have always been Nigeria.
“Though the race officially begins now, it is on record that Governor Bello has consistently been at the forefront of the contest. He has demonstrated this again by being the first to pay for the forms.
“We urge delegates and indeed all Nigerians to shun divisive narratives in the interest of the nation and choose the best of the lot. We have no doubt that our tested and trusted National Working Committee members will put the interest of the party and that of Nigeria first in their activities around the process that will throw up the next flag bearer of the APC,” Kolapo said.
