Former
military head of state, General Muhammadu Buhari, who picked his
nomination form for presidency on Thursday,said he felt sorry for
himself for picking up the presidential nomination form for a whooping
sum of N27.5M. It is worthy of note that Gen.Buhari has been contesting
for the Presidency since 1999 and holds the record for contesting for
the presidency the most times. In a chat with Premuim Times,he said:
“It
is a pity I couldn’t influence this amount to be trickled down, as it
was done in the case of ladies that intended to participate in the
election. I felt heavily sorry for myself, because I didn’t want to go
and ask somebody to pay for my nomination. If you could recall, even the
last one, I always try to pay for myself, at least for the nomination.
Thank goodness I have a personal
relationship with the manager of my bank in Kaduna, which I have called
and told that the forms are coming, so I don’t know whether I’m in red,
green or black, but all I know is that I must honor this, otherwise I
will lose the nomination.So this morning, the bank manager in Abuja
decided to bring the money and I asked one of my nephews to quickly
bring the form. I sign and I got the papers which the national
organising secretary received. I thank God that I have come to this
stage. All speculation will now cease,”
The
national chairman of APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, told Buhari that
the party decided to place the fee at N27.5 million, “to separate the
men from the boys-.”
Meanwhile, Buhari would be going head-to head with Atiku Abubakar at the party’s primaries.
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