The President of the African Development Bank and former minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, Saturday, paid for the nomination and expression of interest forms to contest for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket in proxy.
This is as a coalition of 28 groups consisting of Youth Arise Movement, Nigerians in Diaspora One Nigeria Group, Prudent Youth Association of Nigeria, women groups, farmers, people with disabilities and other civil society groups, raised the N100m fee to purchase the forms for the former minister.
The coalition is led by the Head, One Nigeria Group, Mohammed Saleh.
The payment acknowledgement slip exclusively spotted by Blueprint correspondent on Saturday carried Adesina’s name as the recipient of the forms.
Dr. Adesina served as Minister of Agriculture under former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Details soon…