The All Progressives Congress, APC, has explained that it sold its Nomination and Expression of Interest forms to aspirants who paid for them before verification because verification is done at the point of submission.
The party made the clarification on Channels Television on Wednesday evening, when its spokesman, Barr. Felix Morka was interviewed.
When asked why the party allowed groups and individuals to buy forms for some aspirants, Morka said, “If I believe very strongly in you that you’ll make a good President…you know, I’ll purchase. As at the time of purchase, there are no filters.
“You come, indicate the office you want to purchase a form for, make the payment, payment is confirmed and the form is given to you.
“It’s at the point of submission that the actual verification begins, where we begin to check all of the requirements, whether you actually met those requirements or not and all of the things the guideline set out as eligibility to run.
“It is at the point of submission actually that we begin to do the checklist of those things that should be there, but otherwise, at the point of purchase, we sell the forms.”
AFRIPOST recalls that only a few candidates admitted to buying their forms by themselves as the majority of them have claimed that groups or individuals bought their forms for them.