I Spent N100 Million, You Can’t Dump Me — Dagogo Sues APC

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 denying him the opportunity to contest 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 listed as defendants in the suit.

The plaintiff is praying the court to nullify the outcome of any South-South zonal congress where he was not included. He is also seeking N100 million damages for what he described as embarrassment, emotional distress and mental torture allegedly suffered him by the party’s actions.

Dagogo said in his affidavit that he had paid the required fees on the 13th of March 2026 and went to the APC national secretariat to collect the nomination forms but was informed that the forms were no longer available.

Some party officials deliberately kept him from obtaining the forms, he said, because they feared he might beat the officeholder in the contest.

However, the APC in its legal representatives, urged the court to dismiss the suit on the ground that the matter is an internal affair of the party and therefore not justiciable.