Refund My Nomination Fee – Ex-aspirant Tells Labour Party

Refund My Nomination Fee – Ex-aspirant Tells Labour Party

Hon Osita Nwankwo, an aggrieved aspirant for the House of Representatives, Fagge Federal Constituency, Kano, demanded a refund of his N500,000 nomination fee paid to the Labour Party leadership to contest the primaries, claiming that the slot had been allocated to another aspirant.

According to him, this was due to the Labour Party leadership’s refusal to offer him the ticket to represent Fagge Constituency in Kano at the National Assembly because he had not paid the N.5 million requested by the LP leadership for the ticket.

“I paid the said amount to the Labour Party’s Account, number: 1021575052, with UBA and 20634382, with same UBA on July 6, 2022, representing N400, 000 for nomination fee paid directly to the party’s account and N100, 000 as waiver, since I was not a member of the party before the nomination. I paid N100, 000 into the legal adviser’s account, with same UBA, bringing the total sum to N500, 000, with documentary evidence of payment.”

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According to him, he was asked to pay what he could afford for the ticket, and he voluntarily paid N500,000, which the party rejected, insisting on N3 million for the ticket and N5 million for the waiver.

Following his inability to pay the aforementioned N3 million and N5 million, the party leadership subsequently offered the ticket to one Shuaibu Abubakar, who met their requirements.

To this end Nwankwo said, “I officially wrote to the LP leadership, requesting for the refund of my N500, 000 since the ticket has been offered to Abubakar, who fulfilled their condition.

“Six months after making the request for the refund from the party leadership, there haS been no response, hence my using this medium to seek for the refund of my money, as it is evident that the party is unwilling to refund me, despite offering the ticket to another aspirant on payment of the said amount.”

Similarly, the aggrieved aspirant confirmed that the state chapter of the party had since refunded the N90,000 he had previously paid as an expression of interest fee, noting that what is now pending is the refusal of the LP leadership to refund his N500,000, in order to reflect the party’s transparency and sincerity.

“I am therefore seeking the urgent refund of my N500, 000, to demonstrate the party’s transparency, accountability and sincerity in the management of its affairs,” he said.

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