Ahead of today, Wednesday’s presidential rally of the All Progressives Congress in Enugu State (APC), a body, the Concerned Enugu APC Members, says it has observed massive renting of crowds from neighbouring states by the Chairman of the Enugu State chapter of the party, Chief Ugochukwu Agballah.

Although SaharaReporters could not independently ascertain veracity of the claim, the group said such plot was part of the efforts to give the national leaders of the party and the presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, a false sense of electoral security and inexistent efforts to boost the party in the state “whereas Agballah was in actual sense killing the party.”

The group revealed this in a statement issued by its Leader and pioneer Deputy State Chairman of the APC in Enugu, Comrade Adolphus Ude, in Enugu State on Tuesday.

The Concerned Enugu APC said it was another sign of failure for Chief Agballah to embark on crowd renting whereas the party could grow and showcase organic support base across the State if well administered by credible persons.

The statement partly read, “Faced with the reality of an empty venue, the Chairman of the APC in Enugu State has embarked on a crowd-shopping drive to deceive our national party leaders, particularly our presidential candidate, Senator Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima.

“We can authoritatively disclose that Agballah and the governorship candidate, Chief Uchenna Nnaji, have engaged contractors to ferry rented crowd from Ebonyi, Anambra, Abia, Imo, Benue and other nearby states to come here and answer Enugu people at tomorrow’s rally for Asiwaju and Senator Shettima in order to save themselves the impending embarrassment of an empty venue. The national leadership of our party and the people of Enugu State should watch out of this fraudulent act by Agballah and his cohorts.

“It is a shame that they still have to shop for crowd beyond the borders of Enugu State even after they settled for Okpara Square, which is a very small venue compared to the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium. But can the people they are mobilising to Enugu tomorrow cast votes for our party during the general election? The answer is ‘No’.

“But we have an overwhelming population in Enugu, which if harnessed will give our party the support and result Asiwaju needs in Enugu State. In fact, there is no result we cannot achieve if the stakeholders and the leaders of the party come together in Enugu. But this is exactly what Agballah cannot deliver and does not also want," he said.

https://saharareporters.com/2023/01/11/enugu-apc-chieftains-plan-rent-crowds-neighbouring-states-ahead-tinubus-presidential

Na normal thing for Naija

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Without been told we know APC rent crowd .these people attend the rally bcuz there's hunger in the land.

A welcome development. Let him rent to Cameroun too.

Pathetic.

They are paid to do this. The so-called structure they speak of. Pathetic

They always do that. All their crowds are rented or forced people

Since the news is against Tinubu, the useless obituaries will hail sahararepoters regardless of if it's true or false but if same is applicable to Peter Pandora, na insults the fools go dey insult sahararepoters and Sowore. Awon eleribu

Tinubu won't get up to 5% in SE

This talkative group just dey spoil show for the WISE man. Rent the crowd Abeg make Thîefnubu money enter peoples pockets. He steals in Lagos and pays in Enugu

Tinubu already has supporters that do come to listen to his speech , like me I always look up to his new speech more than any comedy skit

season of cash out from the agbado munching gorilla Tinubu
no sane person will queue at Apc rally

We're not surprised

Pablo EscoBAT Drugnibu, the Chicago drug baron will never smell Aso rock.

God forbid BATing

thunder scatter Tinubu urchins
may they never see good things in life
since they've decided to force bad thing like Tinubu to Nigeria for their own selfish purpose, may their ways be dark and slippery.
may their generation be cursed forever and may peace be far from them.
may the blood of all Nigerians killed due to insecurity be on their head now and forever.
amen amin isee aseee Sango

It is still ur hungry fathers and mothers that dey will rent and through that dey will get massive vote from that region of 5dot

No be lie, them go need rent coz nobody in East go support dead body, we wise pass that one

Sahara Reporters' should be sanctioned for always dishing out fake news. I may never like anything call APC but churning out fake news is a no no for me.

D. O. A

From now till February I see that nairaland will be posting negative news about the east and only positive news about tinubu.

This I have studied and seen it happening consistently.

Power of the media.


If you want to win anything pray a popular media loves you, the rest is history, but God above all.

Sarahareporter?

Abeg shift.

Every political parties mobilise party members and willing crowds to rallies...

We have seen LP distributing 2k...same with PDP and APC


So, what's new here

Na normal something na

That's what they know how to do best ....Scam party

Next now Dem fit say Dem don kill ham, they should stop mentioning themselves to media, Afghanistan now they learn from south eastern brothers of Nigeria and wetin dey happen for east now shock Boko Haram and herdsmen

So?!!... How many APC and PDP rallies were crowds not rented?!!!


Why is this even news?!!


The poverty and hunger in Nigeria today are astronomical... A lot of people need these rallies to make ends meet!

Many jump from PDP to APC rallies, even to LP rallies looking for what to eat.

No wahala. He should go ahead. It is time to make money.

As Mr Peter Peter Obi rented crowd in Ibadan.

Normal levels

I dey shame.fpr APC in south East South South ams North Central

Rent?

Why people no wise like dis
They rent you and pay u peanut, while they make fortune for ur head for 8 years...

This goes to all political parties in the country...