Ex-DLA presidential aspirant confirms partial refund of nomination fee, raises fresh concerns over primary process

Former statesmanlike aspirant of the Democratic Leadership Alliance (DLA), Mrs. Abisayo Busari-Akinnadeju, has confirmed receiving a refund of ₦10.8 cardinal from the enactment pursuing her withdrawal from the 2027 statesmanlike race.

Busari-Akinnadeju disclosed this successful a connection connected Friday, noting that portion the enactment had returned the bulk of the information interest she paid successful April 2026, an outstanding equilibrium of ₦1.2 cardinal was yet to beryllium refunded.

According to her, the refund followed her resignation from the DLA connected May 28 aft disagreements implicit the party’s campaigner enactment process.

“I admit receipt of ₦10.8 cardinal retired of the statesmanlike information interest I paid. While I admit this action, a equilibrium of ₦1.2 cardinal remains outstanding,” she stated.

The erstwhile aspirant, however, stressed that the refund did not code what she described arsenic cardinal concerns surrounding the integrity of the party’s statesmanlike superior process.

She alleged that efforts were made to forestall her information successful the screening workout and claimed that a disciplinary process was aboriginal deployed to region her from the contention aft she declined to endorse a statement arrangement.

According to Busari-Akinnadeju, the issues astatine involvement spell beyond the reimbursement of funds and rise broader questions astir interior ideology and complianc...