Ahmed Gulak
says he was offered bribe to manipulate the All Progressives Congress (APC)
governorship primary in Imo.
The APC
chieftain was the chairman of the panel that oversaw the exercise.
Gulak, a
former adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, says an unnamed person
offered him $2 million and a private jet flight to Imo state before the primary
began.
In an
interview with Vanguard, Gulak told of how he was nearly “kidnapped” alongside
members of the panel when they arrived Imo.
“…Even before
I went to Imo state, I was offered a private jet to take me to Imo state but I
refused because I didn’t want to be compromised,” he was quoted as saying.
“I refused the
private jet and even the tempting offer made to me, very tempting, we are
talking about two million dollars here, which I refused.
“Although, I
tried to persuade them that I was going to do what is needful, free and fair
primaries. Every stakeholder must be involved.
“Immediately
we landed at the airport, that was where the problem started. They wanted to
kidnap every member and only God knows where they wanted to take us to, which I
refused.”
The party’s
national working committee (NWC) endorsed Hope Uzodimma, senator representing
Imo west, as its governorship flag bearer, a decision Rochas Okorocha, governor
of the state, is kicking against.
Okorocha
maintains that Uche Nwosu, his son-in-law, is the authentic winner of the
primary.
Gulak also
alleged that the governor forced members of the electoral panel to declare
Nwosu winner of the primary.
Nwosu had been
announced winner before the NWC cancelled the exercise.
According to
Gulak, “after the collation, few others and myself escaped from where we would
have been conscripted. The governor himself came to take everybody in the hotel
but before he arrived, about four of us escaped and he moved other members
including the secretary.
“He took them
to government house and they read a prepared speech declaring his son in-law
the winner of that exercise. But I had already left Owerri for Abuja where I
submitted my result”.
The outcome of
the primary election is still being contested in court.
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