Nigeria, April 29 -- Mascot Kalu, younger brother to a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, has purchased his nomination and expression of interest forms of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the forthcoming 2027 governorship election in Abia State.

Mascot, who recently declared his interest to contest in the 2027 poll, picked the forms in Abuja on Tuesday, PREMIUM TIMES gathered.

This newspaper sighted two receipts indicating that the politician paid N40 million as his nomination fee and N10 million for his expression of interest fee.

The receipts were dated 28 April 2026.

With the picking of the APC governorship forms, Mascot appears ready to battle the party's ticket with the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives...