Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress APC, in what seems like a last-minute desperate move to get the support of his party men across the board is currently transferring the sum of N25million each to party members seeking elective positions under APC.
The first phase of the financial largesse was transferred to those contesting for the Senate and the Federal House of Assembly. Also, those contesting for the state houses of assembly were not left out, according to a discreet source who would not want his name in print.
The largesse, according to the source was also extended to serving senators and members of the Federal House of Assembly who are not returning to the National Assembly.
While N25million was transferred to candidates contesting for the Senate and the Federal House of Assembly, contestants for state houses of assembly were gifted N20 million in what is called “Party Victory Support Fund”.
The fund transfer which commenced on Friday, the 17th of February was said to have followed an earlier request for account numbers of all APC contestants. The Money-For-Support fund is being coordinated by Tinubu close associates, including Hon. James Abiodun Faleke.
The source who claimed to have received his share of the fund revealed that Tinubu is using his associates’ accounts to make the transfers to avoid traces. He said that the earlier plan was to give them cash, but the current stand of the Federal Government on Naira redesign frustrated the plan, hence the transfers to the beneficiary accounts.
When asked if he would vote and mobilize votes for Ahmed Bola Tinubu as a way of returning the favour given him by Tinubu, our source said that Tinubu made him an irresistible offer and there is nothing binding them that it must translate to voting for him or mobilizing for vote for him.
“He is just being generous. We were told it was to support and cushion the cash-scarcity effect. I am not bound by anything to vote for him”. The source said.