Who Is Sharing Dollars At the APC Presidential Primary?

As Nigerians await the outcome of the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential primary election currently ongoing in Teslim Balogun stadium, Lagos, rumours of different political shenanigans employed by various candidates  have surfaced on social media. 

The 5 APC presidential aspirants at the National Convention of the party

Special Adviser to Osun Governor on Environment, and the Co- coordinator of Buhari Organization in Ondo State, Mr. Bola Ilori yesterday took to his Facebook page to write that a particular candidate stormed the convention ground with American U.S dollars to bribe the delegates all in a bid to emerge the winner of the primaries.


Illori is live at the convention ground. See his message below
“Crazy things are happening here!!! Some of these can not represent the change Nigeria is yearning for. Excessive dollarization by one of the aspirants is to say the least obscene.

I have been involved in political process for decades now, I have never witnessed this volume of raw dollarization of party primaries. I only read about this kind of things in PDP primaries. A question been asked by conscientious delegates is that whoever can be giving out between $2000 to $5000 to each delegate certainly does not represent the kind of change Nigerians want.

Those who contributed to the pauperization of the country now revel in dollarization, Oma se o! If this is what is called internal democracy then I guess it’s not the best for Nigerian situation yet.
In any case I’m happy that majority of Ondo State delegates (reduced from 85% to 70% within 24 hours) are still standing firm with Buhari as Omoluabis, the remaining has gone with dollars o!”

Meanwhile, efforts by some of the party leaders to talk the aspirants into stepping down for the leading presidential aspirant, Buhari in the convention failed.