2019: Former Presidential Candidate Reveals How Much Was Donated To Her Campaign

The former presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria(ACPN), Oby Ezekwesili has released a detailed breakdown of the amount raised and spent during her campaign, Igberetvnews reports.

The former vice-president of the World Bank and former minister of education said the campaign raised N48,957,416.00, $17,645.00, and £200, from October 1, 2018 to February 2, 2019.

She also revealed that her campaign spent over N12 million on travels, N10.6 million on media and publicity, and another N15.3 million on “campaign mobilization fees, meeting and logistics costs”.

In total, her campaign spent N46,521,806.19 in running its activities for the 2019 presidential campaign, which was aborted about a month to the eventual poll.

Ozioma Ubabukoh, the spokesperson of the Obiageli Ezekwesili Presidential Campaign Organisation, said via a press statement that she withdrew from the race to build a veritable coalition.

“This decision followed extensive consultations with leaders from various walks of life across the country over the past few days. I deem it necessary for me to focus on helping to build a veritable coalition to ensure a viable alternative to the #APCPDP in the forthcoming elections,” Ubabukoh had said.

The ACPN, on the other hand, said the former minister of education, and former vice-president of the World Bank, was only seeking to be finance minister — and never took her campaign seriously.

“The reason for calling this press conference is to let the world know about the presidential aspiration of Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, which in actual fact, is not the truth. I have been put into confidence by one of her aide named Iyinoluwa Aboyeji that she only wanted to use the platform of the ACPN to negotiate to be Nigeria’s finance minister,” Ganiyu Galadima, Ezekwesili’s running mate and ACPN chairman, said.

Ezekwesili said she regrets joining the party, adding that she thought they shared the same values she holds dearly.

After she announced dropping from the presidential race, the party went on to endorse President Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC) for a second term.