2023: Support group DG offers to purchase N100m presidential nomination form for Tinubu

Aminu Suleiman, director-general of the Tinubu Support Group (TSO), has offered to purchase the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination and expression of interest forms for Bola Tinubu, a presidential hopeful.

The APC had, on Wednesday, announced that the price of its presidential nomination form is N100 million.

The price was fixed at the party’s national executive committee (NEC) meeting.

“I, Hon. Aminu Suleiman (D.G TSO) would like to officially state that I have signed a cheque to the tune of 100 million naira, for the purchase of nomination and expression of interest form for our Leader @officialABAT. God bless,” he tweeted.

I, Hon. Aminu Suleiman (D.G TSO) will like to officially state that i have signed A Cheque to the tune of 100 million Naira, for the purchase of Nomination and Expression of interest form for our Leader @officialABAT God bless.#BAT2023 ♾️♾️♾️ pic.twitter.com/2M4rNHNXED

— Hon. Aminu Suleiman (@HonAminuSuleim) April 20, 2022

Tinubu is one of the frontline runners for the ruling party’s presidential ticket.

But the former Lagos governor is up against Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, David Umahi, governor of Ebonyi; Chris Ngige, minister of labour; Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi; Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, among others, for the APC ticket.

Earlier at the party’s NEC meeting on Wednesday, President Muhammadu Buhari had warned against the imposition of candidates.

“I enjoin you all to follow due process in all the party processes and more importantly to develop more mechanisms against corruption,” the president had said.

“I call on all party members to abide by all extant laws, rules, and regulations and to leaders of our party to avoid imposition of candidates that cannot win popular elections.

“This dictatorial behavior cost us many strategic seats in the past. In the recent past this led to some of our strong members unfortunately opting to go elsewhere because of unfairly oppressive behavior of party leaders at state level.”