The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday said it will not refund any money to chairmanship and councillorship aspirants who lost out in the recently concluded primary elections to select candidates for the scheduled July 24, 2021 local government elections.
The state’s Caretaker Committee Chairman, Mr Tunde Balogun, and the Secretary, Lanre Ogunyemi, had in a statement on Friday, titled, ‘List of 57 Lagos State APC Chairmanship and Vice Chairmanship candidates for the forth-coming 2021 Local Government Elections,’ announced the results of the primaries.
But the results had since been generating ripples in the rank and file of the party. There were also threats by hoodlums to invade the party secretariat located on ACME Road, Ogba. The area was cordoned off by fierce-looking security operatives last week.
Some of the aggrieved aspirants have been pleading with the Governor’s Advisory Committee (GAC), the highest decision-making body in the state headed by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State and the party’s national leader to refund their money.
Worldtopnewsng had reported that, Chairmanship aspirants paid N2 million, plus N50,000 administration fee for the party’s nomination forms, while female aspirants got 50 percent off, of the administration fee.
“Aside, the nomination fees, we also settled party leaders and mobilise party members for the primaries. Why should they make us spend our hard-earned money when they know they already had preferred candidates?” one of the aspirants asked.
But speaking with Daily Independent on Sunday, Balogun, said no aspirant should expect a refund as they were not forced into collecting the nomination forms.
