Emeka Nwajiuba Pays N100m, Picks 2023 Presidential Form

By Charles Igbo

The list of Presidential aspirants angling to succeed  President Muhammadu Buhari keeps increasing.

On Wednesday, April 27, a surprise aspirant sneaked-in without much noise. He is Imo State-born Emeka Nwajiuba.

Nwajiuba, a lawyer, is the Minister for State, Education.

It is not known who, or what,  pushed him to aspire to the highest office in the land, but Nwajiuba has always moved  within high profile circles beginning from the era of former Head of State, the late General Sani Abacha.

Nwajiuba, a one-time, one-term member of the House of Representatives, had since his exit from the House, contested for a couple of positions every four years, including to the office of the Governor of Imo State. Sadly, he had not been successful.

However, mother-luck shone on him, and President Buhari appointed him Minister for State, Education. Even though a junior Minister, Nwajiuba is known, in Abuja political circles, as being quite close to the President. He is in the inner circle, and allegedly, a member of the “faceless Aso Rock Cabal”, and well connected in circles where it matters most.

On Wednesday, April 27, 24 hours after the All Progressives Congress, APC, started selling its elective offices’ forms, Nwajiuba became the second aspirant to purchase both the Expression of Interest and Nomination forms at the cost of N100m.

The first to buy was Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.

Earlier on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, Nwajiuba had said he was still consulting, but revealed that his friends and those pressurising him to run had collected the sum of N100m to purchase the forms for him.

Nwajiuba is the first Imo son to aspire to the office of the President against 2023, and has added to the list of Igbo sons aspiring to the office. They include Senator Pius Anyim, Peter Obi, Dave Umahi, Rochas Okorocha, Sam Ohuabunwa, Chris Ngige, etc.