How APC generated N350m from sales of nomination forms in Anambra

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raked in about N350 millions from the sales of nomination form from eight governorship aspirants ahead of the primary.

The party’s primary is slated for April 5 while the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) fixed the Anambra State Governorship state governorship election for November 8, 2025.

The party had pegged its nomination and Expression of Interest forms at N50 million and as at the close of work on Tuesday seven aspirants had picked the forms.

The sales of forms which commenced on Monday 10th of February and it was slated to close by Tuesday February 25th, 2025, while the last day for submission of completed forms is fixed for Wednesday February 26, 2025.

The seven aspirants who have purchased the nomination forms include; Hon. Chukuma Michael Umeoji, Prof. Obiora Francis Okonwko, Nicholas Chukwujeku Ukachukwu, Sir Paul Chukwuma, Onunkwo Johnbisco Obinna, Valentine Ozigbo and Edozie Madu, respectively.

Meanwhile, one of the governorship aspirants Hon. Chukuma Umeoji has asked other aspirants including Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, Nicholas Chukwujeku Ukachukwu, Sir Paul Chukwuma, and Onunkwo Obinna, among other to generously step down for him.

The APC governorship primary is slated for April 5, 2025 in Anambra State.

Umeoji, a former member of the House of Representatives made the call while addressing newsmen Tuesday at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja after submitting his nomination form.

He said he threw his hat into the ring in order to to provide practical solutions and not theory to the myriad of problems facing the state.

Umeoji noted that the poor performance of Governor Chukwuma Soludo had shown that academic qualification was not a guarantee for good performance.

He stated: “I am calling on other aspirants to step down for Umeoji who has the experience. I may not have the capacity to talk like Soludo who promised everything and did nothing.

“We are coming to provide practical solutions,not theory. His (Soludo) government has shown that academic qualification is not a guarantee for performance.”

Umeoji stressed that he is not coming not to establish Dubai and Taiwan like Soludo promised, but he is coming to develop the state.

According to him, What is happening is that there is deprivation at all levels, no investor is coming and the governor thrives on propaganda.

The former lawmaker assured that he has a master plan to tackle the insecurity in the state.

He said that there was a security master plan designed by former Governor Peter Obi but was jettisoned by the current governor, hence, the intractable security problems in the state.

“If I win Anambra State, within 24 hours the guns will go down. The issue of unknown gunmen, no gunmen in Anambra is unknown. The people in the community know the criminals.

“The people behind the insecurity are not unknown. We will give them a window for rehabilitation. The basic problem of crime is poverty. We are going to make sure,” he added.