APC Convention: North-Central Stakeholders Raise ₦10m To Buy Nomination Form For Adamu

• The former Nasarawa State governor is vying for the post of the national chairman at the APC national convention

• …the APC National Convention is scheduled to hold on March 26 and the chairmanship of the party has been zoned to the North…

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the chairman, Council of All Progressives Congress (APC) Stakeholders in Nasarawa State, Dr Kassim Muhammed Kassim, has said they raised ₦10 million from stakeholders in the North-Central to buy nomination and expression of interest form for Senator Abdullahi Adamu.

The former Nasarawa State governor is vying for the post of the national chairman at the APC national convention.

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President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly endorsed him as a candidate.

Kassim told journalists in Lafia that the rationale behind the contribution was to show solidarity to Adamu and a way of saying ‘thank you’ for establishing high institutions in the state during his time as governor, which enabled them to acquire higher education.

He urged those who claimed to be supporters of the president and opposed his choice to have a re-think.

Recall that the APC National Convention is scheduled to hold on March 26 and the chairmanship of the party has been zoned to the North, according to the party’s zoning arrangement.

Alongside Adamu, Others vying for the chairmanship of the ruling party are former Governor of Borno state, Ali Modu Sheriff; former Zamfara State governor, Abdul Aziz Yari; former Bauchi State governor and former Minister of Aviation, Mallam Isa Yuguda; senator representing Niger East, Sani Musa; former deputy national chairman of the defunct Congress for Progressives Change (CPC), Mallam Saliu Mustapha; a former governor of Nasarawa state and senator representing Nasarawa South, Tanko Al-Makura and former Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Honourable. Bawa Bwari, among others.

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