Delta South APC Women battle at Meeting over N50m ‘Kola-Nut’

• Funds hijacked By Party Leaders, Cars Vandalised

Chaos erupted on Wednesday at the All-Progressives Congress (APC) Delta South women’s meeting over the allocation of ‘kola-nut’ money.

Kola-nut money typically refers to funds allocated by politicians or party members to cover the cost of kola-nuts, drinks, pocket money, transportation for attendees, and other refreshments at meetings or events.

It was gathered that the meeting, held at the Isoko South Local Government Secretariat in Oleh, Delta State, was attended by APC women leaders as well as female appointees and elected officials from the state government.

According to sources, over N50 million had been raised in donations from politicians and government officials across Delta South Senatorial District to cover ‘kola-nut’ and transportation for attendees. However, the APC women leaders reportedly refused to disclose the total amount collected from all donations.

Trouble reportedly began when women from the eight local government areas of the senatorial district demanded transparency regarding the total funds raised and how they would be disbursed.

The disagreement escalated into a protest and a free-for-all fight, resulting in broken car windscreens and forcing some meeting organizers to flee the venue to avoid being lynched.

A visibly angry APC women leader from one of the local government councils told SaharaReporters that the State APC women leader, the Delta South APC women leader, and a few others allegedly conspired to hijack the over N50 million ‘kolanut’ donations.

“This is very shameful, this is very disgraceful. You called women from eight local government areas for the APC meeting and the kolanut money donated by our sons and daughters in government for a purpose, rather than releasing the money and sharing it with everyone that attended the meeting, you people connived and hijacked everything. What did women do to women? It’s a big shame,” she lamented.