Plans To Outsmart Tinubu, Amaechi and Co? APC Orders Aspirants To Sign Withdrawal Letter
- APC has added Form 18 ‘Letter of Withdrawal’ to the Expression of Interest and Nomination forms sold to aspirants
- According to reports, many aspirants on the platform of the ruling party are not happy with the development
- One of the aspirants has reportedly vowed not to sign the controversial Letter of Withdrawal no matter what
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has attached a controversial Form 18 ‘Letter of Withdrawal’ to the Expression of Interest and Nomination forms sold to aspirants.
Th aspirants are expected to fill and submit along it with other forms and their credentials.
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Tagged Form 18, it states that:
“I hereby voluntarily withdraw my candidacy from the contest. My withdrawal is in the best interest of our great party, the All Progressives Congress.”
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Meanwhile, The Guardian newspaper reports that about three presidential aspirants from the South have approached their legal teams for interpretation and implication of signing the Withdrawal Form in the presence of a Commissioner of Oath, which makes it legal.
It added that while two aspirants are still waiting for the positions of their legal teams, the other was said to have vowed not to sign such a form and will exclude the controversial Form 18 from other documents to be returned to the National Secretariat of the party for submission.
2023: Adamu, Lawan begged him to stay - APC presidential hopeful speaks after his blood brother's defection
Meanwhile, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has expressed surprise over the fact that his brother, Mascot, has defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to form a new party, the Action Peoples Party (APP).
On his Facebook page on Thursday, May 5, the Senate chief whip noted that Mascot did not inform him of his decision to leave the ruling party.
The former Abia governor said he has been receiving calls from friends, associates, political stakeholders, and leaders of thought seeking his opinion on the defection of Mascot, Punch reports.
APC extends sale of nomination forms, announces new deadline
In another report, the ruling APC has extended the sale of its nomination forms for various offices to be contested on its platform in the forthcoming 2023 general elections.
The party made the disclosure in a tweet sighted by Legit.ng on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday, May 4.
The new deadline for the submission of completed forms and accompanying documents is Wednesday, May 11. The ruling party also announced that its congresses to elect local, state, and national delegates will hold from Thursday, May 12 to Saturday, May 14.
Source: Legit.ng
