We never budgeted for thugs in the 2019 elections — APC reacts to Wadume's allegation

Lanre Issa-Onilu, APC spokesman 

The All Progressives Congress (APC), has insisted that the party never budgeted for thugs in the 2019 general elections.

The ruling party stated this in reaction to a claim made by Hamisu Bala, a suspected kidnap kingpin popularly known as Wadume.



Recall that Wadume had alleged that the APC gave him N13million ahead of the February 23 presidential election.

But in a statement on Saturday, APC spokesman, Lanre Issa-Onilu said that Wadume having come face to face with Justice is doing everything possible to save his life.

“It is expected that the alleged kidnapper, having come face to face with justice, would throw whatever he could lay his hands on into the fray.



“In any case, our party did not have budget for thugs. Unlike the period when the ruling party dipped hands into the public treasury to fund political campaigns and elections, APC had to rely on its own resources. Even if we had all the money, we would never allocate money for kidnappers and murderers. That era ended with PDP.

“Perhaps, he can name whoever gave him money. Definitely, it was not APC. From his purported confession, he claimed to be a PDP member before he went on to contest under another party,” Issa-Onilu said.