News Investigators/ The All Progressives Congress (APC) has begun screening of seven governorship aspirants that purchased its Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to contest its ticket for the Nov. 8, 2025 election in Anambra.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the nomination form was sold at N40 million, while the expression of interest form cost N10 million.
The APC generated N350 million from the sale of the forms to the seven governorship aspirants which included: Chukuma Umeoji, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, Nicholas Ukachukwu, Sir Paul Chukwuma, Johnbosco Onunkwo, Valentine Ozigbo,and Edozie Madu.
The aspirants whose screening ended on Saturday, are to contest for the party’s ticket at its primary election slated for April 5.
Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, the APC National Chairman while inaugurating the party’s Anambra Governorship Election Screening Committee on Friday in Abuja, promised the aspirants a free, fair and transparent primaries.
According to him, the committee is among other things, expected to scrutinise the original credentials submitted by the aspirants to ensure that they were authentic.
Chairman of the committee, Alhaji Ibrahim Shema, a former governor of Katsina, thanked the party’s leadership for the confidence reposed on its members.
He assured that the committee would deliver on its mandate, noting that all the aspirants are qualified and capable of winning Anambra for the APC.
The APC National Working Committee at its meeting on Thursday, adopted indirect primaries.
Ajibola Basiru, the party’s National Secretary, had earlier said that the decision was taken to ensure that all its stakeholders in Anambra were carried along as advised by the State Working Committee.
“It was formally decided at the meeting that the mode of emergence of the candidate for that election will be through indirect primary,” the APC scribe had said.
Mr Basiru added that a stakeholders’ meeting with the state working committee, state caucus and aspirants will hold at the party’s national headquarters on a later date to further discuss on the issue.
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