The Allied Congress Party of
Nigeria (ACPN) has demanded that Oby Ezekwesili, former presidential candidate
of the party, return all funds generated during her campaign.
On Wednesday, Ezekwesili had
accounted for “every penny” spent on her campaign.
The former minister said the
campaign raised N48,957,416.00, $17,645.00, and £200, from October 1, 2018 to
February 2, 2019, before she withdrew from the presidential race.
But speaking at a press briefing,
Ganiyu Galadima, national chairman of the party, faulted the statement of
account presented by Ezekwesili, saying the party “rejects in entirety everything
she submitted”.
“We are rejecting everything she
submitted in entirety, we want to know all the content of the accounts and see
the accounts because at the end of the day it is not the presidential candidate
that INEC will hold responsible according to the law but the party, and
whatever any candidate generated for his or her campaign belongs to the party,”
he said.
“For somebody who want to contest
for presidency, all you could generate for period of three months was just N43
million and spent everything by herself. She could not even disclose to the
party the sources of the fund and how much she was able to generate.
“We want to know the full
disclosure of all the accounts she opened because when you look at the
statement she made available there are four different accounts which we didn’t
know anything about.
“Look at the Omoyele Sowore, he
publicly disclosed on a national TV recently that his campaign has been about
to generate about N99 million with the party. In addition, he has also told the
world how these money could be traced.
“So why is there no transparency
in Madam Ezekwesili’s project? That is the bone of contention. We are expecting
that she will respond at the appropriate time but if she doesn’t, we may be
compelled to go to court to seek for order of Mandamus.”
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This woman na correct thief and liar
ReplyDeleteShe has lost her integrity in this country
ReplyDeleteShe is not a straight forward person, doing things for her selfish reasons
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