Eziachi:
What are they suppose to do than to submit their application and then wait? If for some reason INEC then comes out and tell them, that they are not the only one with such name asking for registration, and the other party met their criterial first. I can see such a scenario happening.

anydek: It is good for APC, that PDP came up with this tactics to frustrate the merger, it will definitely give APC enough energy and time to come with something better than this.

Gbawe:

Totally correct. From every single tread to the next, it is the same pathetic show of open bigotry and nauseating clannishness. The sad thing is that no one is even preventing them from fully pitching their tent with the PDP and working for the Party. Yet, all attention is focused on the APC because of the paralytic and myopic fear these bigots and losers entertain that a victory for the APC is a victory for Yorubas and Hausa/Fulanis.

Afam4eva:
They should have done so without brandishing their logo and making all sorts of noise with the new name. I even thought they had registered it already. They have to hold themselves responsible for this mess. They allowed the evil machinations of PDP to catch up with them. It could have been avoided.

Eziachi:
It's all about publicity and momentum. For the past four weeks or thereabout, everybody is talking about APC, as they say, no publicity is a bad publicity. I believe that is the objective and if they didn't act fast, PDP might throw someone in from the inside and mess it up, just like they did to APGA over the years of like NPN did in 1982 with PPA.

PointB:

I disagree.

Politics is a strategy game. Preventing the juncture of your enemy is one of the strategies of the game. PDP has every right to legally frustrate the registration of APC, that is if they are even responsible for this. Next time when other parties contemplate a merger, they should understand the importance of getting all agreement and paper work done before going public.

But with so many loquacious characters and Lai(s) in the merging parties, such shoddy job is not unexpected. I expected them to waste more time whining and crying PDP instead of them to go back to the drawing board and do things the right way.

Bunch of desperate ignorant people.

isuomo: But why will anyone want and pray for PDP to return in 2015? It is only in Nigeria a man with no electricity, good road, hospitals, job, proper roof over head,line up on election day and vote for the government that has failed in nearly 16 years to provide such basics. It is disheartening seeing guys argue for PDP on this forum just because GEJ is from their tribe or of the same religious inclination, all over the world parties retain power based on performance but sadly in Nigeria we are suckers for punishment and pain hence come 2015 people will come on this forum to argue that GEJ has tried blah blah!!! This really is a backward nation.

eldoradoxx: I will always repeat my question in this forum until someone with courage answers me! The question is that Nigeria being a federal structure where powers and responsibilities are share and all states earning hundreds of billion if not trillions for there own use as a state, why is PDP the party with only failed leadership? Why is nobody looking at states governed by opposition since 1999 and show us how different/ better are they from states overned by PDP. These states were at a time or stil governed by oposition, namely_ Oyo, Ekiti, Osun, Ogun, Ondo, Lagos, Edo, Anambra, Imo, Jigawa, Kano, Kebbin Zamfara, Yobe, Borno,Nasarawa, Gombe, Bauchi, Sokoto, Kwara, Kogi. Total of 21 of 36 states from 1999 til date were at a time or currently being governed by same opposition guys that formed APC to change Nigeria. The question is this, what radical change did they make or are currently making in these states as to justify the fact that only PDP has failed Nigeria. I need serious answers please.

eldoradoxx: I will always repeat my question in this forum until someone with courage answers me! The question is that Nigeria being a federal structure where powers and responsibilities are share and all states earning hundreds of billion if not trillions for there own use as a state, why is PDP the party with only failed leadership? Why is nobody looking at states governed by opposition since 1999 and show us how different/ better are they from states overned by PDP. These states were at a time or stil governed by oposition, namely_ Oyo, Ekiti, Osun, Ogun, Ondo, Lagos, Edo, Anambra, Imo, Jigawa, Kano, Kebbin Zamfara, Yobe, Borno,Nasarawa, Gombe, Bauchi, Sokoto, Kwara, Kogi. Total of 21 of 36 states from 1999 til date were at a time or currently being governed by same opposition guys that formed APC to change Nigeria. The question is this, what radical change did they make or are currently making in these states as to justify the fact that only PDP has failed Nigeria. I need serious answers please.

eldoradoxx: I will always repeat my question in this forum until someone with courage answers me! The question is that Nigeria being a federal structure where powers and responsibilities are share and all states earning hundreds of billion if not trillions for there own use as a state, why is PDP the party with only failed leadership? Why is nobody looking at states governed by opposition since 1999 and show us how different/ better are they from states overned by PDP. These states were at a time or stil governed by oposition, namely_ Oyo, Ekiti, Osun, Ogun, Ondo, Lagos, Edo, Anambra, Imo, Jigawa, Kano, Kebbin Zamfara, Yobe, Borno,Nasarawa, Gombe, Bauchi, Sokoto, Kwara, Kogi. Total of 21 of 36 states from 1999 til date were at a time or currently being governed by same opposition guys that formed APC to change Nigeria. The question is this, what radical change did they make or are currently making in these states as to justify the fact that only PDP has failed Nigeria. I need serious answers please.

thelastPope:

Win public sympathy ke? They are a laughing stock already, they have potrayed themselves as grossly incompetent. 2 steps backward!

PapaBrowne:

If you read the temperature even here on nairaland and other social media, there's no sympathy.

The question has been:: Why would you make all the noise without registering your name?? It just displays a misorder of priorities. And people are seeking leaders who are strong. The more the opposition keeps whinning, the weaker they keep looking. Humans are more attracted to strength than to weakness. Thats why in political rallies, crowds matter as they signal a show of strength.

Paul onminyi:

“If INEC refuses to register the All Progressives Congress, APC, when all the legal requirements have been met, the protest in Tahrir Square in Egypt will be a child’s play compared to what we will do at the Eagle Square,”
Gbam.NIGERIAN expecialy PDP need iron hand. NO violence NO peace (facism). GEJ said no annesty 2 faceless Boko Haram,he cal dem ghost.Bt deir is full registration 2 unknowin sponsor of fake APC hmmm?

skyfall:


Nigerians are fed up with the PDP and even if a credible opposition party is called ZZZ, they'll support it.

skyfall:
A lot of people are just here running down APC so they can sound smart and in the usual Nigerian (& perpetually pessimistic) Mr Know-It-All style. Remember these APC guys are no kids and a lot of them are experienced intellectuals.

thelastPope:

Why do you people always claim the opinions of some Yoruba or ACN/CPC people are the opinion of Nigerians?
You are either terribly naïve or being deceitful and either way, it does you no benefit.

But they just failed politics 101. If your so called experienced intellectuals can't scale the basics, how will they compete in the big league?

Paul John: I think it's the weaker party that should be so desperate in using any trick available to challenge the bigger party. It seems it's the other way round, shameless PDP must so scared to have gone this far if true. While some Laptop crew members wanted us to believe PDP is at ease with the emergence of the merger
It's obvious PDP has only survived due to poor democracy being practiced in Nigeria before now. All in all, I wish the right person is eleccted irrespective of the party he or she is with.

stine b: What do they expect when MR.FIX is incharge?
I'm sure he has plan A to Z.
Looks like these APC guys are baby politicians o.

elNegro: True to type they are now blaming PDP for their carelessness. It is a straight up thing; I want to register a business name, what do I do? I go to CAC and do my findings quietly to know if my intended company name is available. I don't do that on the pages of national dailies. Another example, I want to register a domain name, I check with host and domain registrars if my intended domain name is available. INEC as a just arbiter cannot and is not meant to inform the Buhari/Tinubu APC about whoever is wanting to register a party. It is plain and simple they did not do their ground work well. Tells a lot about

porka:


That's pretty naive of you.

The big guys will never sit back and allow the weaklings thrive.

It's the animal kingdom my brother.

Try and register a cement company tomorrow and see how it works with the cement behemoths.

Or better still try and get a nuclear warhead like Iran and see how it goes with the SuperPowers.

BTW, Lai Mohammend didn't threaten anyone when they used their Lagos money power to decimate Afenifere to set-up a splinter group.

Neither did we hear of any impending Armageddon when AD was cannibalized to set-up their own AC(N).

Has anyone ever heard of sounding out an authority by propaganda of an intention to register a product even without/before filing a single paper?

That's funny.

Maybe they should just cool temper.

INEC will register APC, it's just this type of hyperactivity (reaction without substance) that PDP is looking for really.

the kind of people they have.

Omo_Tier1: The same way PDP was sent packing from SW and Edo State like magic, Jonathan will be surprise when the carpets underneath Him will begin to disappear come 2014. Mr Fix it knows the shadow of Oshiomhole is the beginning of wisdom. I am sure by the time He sees Oshiomhole on the ticket, He will advise the fisherman that time to relocate to Abidjan has come

Eziachi:
What are they suppose to do than to submit their application and then wait? If for some reason INEC then comes out and tell them, that they are not the only one with such name asking for registration, and the other party met their criterial first. I can see such a scenario happening.

skyfall:

I think you guys still don't get it. It's actually more straightforward to register a new party than a merger. [size=13pt]The merging parties have notified INEC of their intended merger[/size] but they have to fulfill some conditions before the new party can be registered. It's not like registering an entirely new party. The good thing is that the new party will also have to fulfill some conditions too, so it won't be an easy ride. For APC, the worst-case scenario is that they'll lose the name and they can easily choose a different name for their merger. Nigerians are fed up with the PDP and even if a credible opposition party is called ZZZ, they'll support it.