Imo APC in Crisis Over Unpaid Nomination Fees

Tension is escalating in the Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) due to the party’s failure to refund N3 million nomination fees to local government chairmanship aspirants.

The aspirants had paid the fees to contest in the September 21, 2024, local government elections, which were later shelved.

Evans Anozie, an APC chairmanship aspirant from Owerri Municipal, has taken the matter to court, demanding N50 million in damages.

Anozie’s lawyers claim that the party had agreed to refund the nomination fees, but the cheque issued to their client was returned unpaid on two occasions.

The situation has sparked outrage among APC members, with some threatening to protest if their money is not refunded. This development is not isolated, as there have been previous instances of the APC failing to refund nomination fees to aspirants.