An aggrieved aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused the ruling party of seeking to sideline him after he allegedly expended over N100 million pursuing his political ambition under the party’s platform.
The aspirant, Ambassador Fubara Dagogo, dragged the APC and some of its top officials to a Federal High Court in Abuja, accusing them of unlawfully depriving him of the opportunity to vie for the position of National Vice Chairman (South-South) before the party’s national convention.
Dagogo claimed he duly paid for the party’s expression of interest and nomination forms but was denied access to the forms despite meeting all requirements, according to court documents filed before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik.
“You cannot jettison me after I spent over N100 million chasing this ambition,” the aggrieved aspirant reportedly argued in his suit, accusing party officials of frustrating his participation in the exercise.
The APC, its National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, National Vice Chairman (South-South), Victor Giadom and National Organising Secretary, Sulaiman Argungu were named as defendants in the suit.
The plaintiff is praying for an order nullifying the outcome of any South-South zonal congress without his participation. He is also seeking N100 million in damages for what he described as embarrassment, emotional distress and mental torture allegedly inflicted on him by the party’s actions.
In his affidavit, Dagogo claimed that after paying the necessary fees on the 13th of March 2026, he went to the APC national secretariat to collect the nomination forms but was told that the forms were no longer available.
He said some party officials intentionally prevented him from getting the forms due to apprehensions that he might defeat the incumbent officeholder in the contest.
However, the APC in its legal representatives, urged the court to dismiss the suit on the ground that the matter affects the internal affairs of the party and therefore not justiciable.
