Two aspirants; Kayode Ojo and Otunba Demola Popoola, on Thursday, November 18, have obtained the nomination form ahead of the June 18, 2022 governorship election in Ekiti State.
The two aspirants stormed the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Headquarters in Abuja on Thursday to obtain their form.
Kayode Ojo and Demola Popoola made the first two governorship aspirants obtain the form under the platform of the APC.
The forms were sold at N22.5 million made up of N2.5million for expression of interest and N20million for the nomination form.
The female aspirants and physically challenged aspirants will pay 50% of the prescribed fees for each position.
Newsflash Nigeria had earlier reported that the sale of the nomination forms commence Tuesday, November 16, 2021, with the sales of Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms while Tuesday, January 11, 2022, is the last date for the submission of forms.
Also, the APC will screen all the aspirants to ensure their eligibility on January 13, 2022.
The certificates of eligibility will be given to those who qualify to contest the governorship primary election on January 17, 2022.
The appeal committee for those disqualified by the screening committee will take place on January 19, 2022.
The governorship primary election will take place on January 22, 2022.
