An aggrieved aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused the ruling party of plotting to sideline him after he allegedly spent over N100 million pursuing his political ambition on the party’s platform.
The aspirant, Ambassador Fubara Dagogo, took the APC and some of its top officials to a Federal High Court in Abuja, claiming he was unlawfully denied the chance to contest for the position of National Vice Chairman (South-South) ahead of the party’s national convention.
Dagogo alleged he duly paid for the party’s expression of interest and nomination forms but was denied access to the forms despite meeting all requirements, court documents filed before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik showed.
“You cannot dump me after spending 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 suit names the APC, its National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, National Vice Chairman (South-South), Victor Giadom, and National Organising Secretary, Sulaiman Argungu as defendants.
The plaintiff is praying for an order nullifying the outcome of any South-South zonal congress conducted without his participation. He is also demanding N100 million in damages for what he described as embarrassment, emotional distress and mental torture allegedly inflicted on him by the party’s actions.
Dagogo, in his affidavit, alleged that after paying the required fees on the 13th of March 2026, he visited the APC national secretariat to collect the nomination forms, but was told that the forms were no longer available.
He added that 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, arguing that the matter touches on the internal affairs of the party and was therefore not justiciable.
