The plan to sabotage the All
Progressives Congress (APC) is dead on
arrival, the National Leader of the
Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN),
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said
yesterday.
Tinubu criticised the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC)
for, according to him, making itself a
tool in the hands of those who do not
want the new party to be registered.
The former Lagos governor, who
fingered the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) in the plot, said there are fifth
columnists in the electoral body
conniving with the ruling party to
sabotage the proposed party.
He said: “When we formulated the
name of our new party, we agreed to
stick to the rule of law and govern the
affairs of the party democratically.
“But when the opposition saw the
acceptance of APC by Nigerians, they
went to the market square in Abuja to
get a phoney name as African Peoples
Congress. This is a fictitious name,
which has never been heard anywhere
before now. That baby is a stillborn
and it will not survive.”
Advising the electoral body to drop the
robe of “partiality”, Tinubu said if
INEC must protect its integrity and
show the world that it is not working in
collaboration with the PDP to sabotage
the efforts of opposition parties, the
electoral umpire must drop its “biased”
stance against the registration of the
APC.
Tinubu said: “The discovery of
phantom African Peoples Congress in
the INEC register is a ruse and an
attempt to stifle our new party. All
Progressives Congress members have
been holding meetings before now and
nobody has come out to say there is a
party somewhere with the same
acronym with our party.
“The only APC we have is All
Progressives Congress. There is no way
you can commit abortion after the
baby is born. Without collaboration with
the INEC officials, there is no way
anybody could make bold to say one
APC exists somewhere, apart from All
Progressives Congress. Nobody can
successfully say that without active
connivance of the PDP.
“Tell them that we are not worried
because they will be put to shame. APC
will be registered and it will be All
Progressives Congress.”
Tinubu spoke at the inauguration of a
new secretariat built by the Lagos
Mainland Local Government Area in
Ebute-Metta. The four-storey building
is named after the former governor.
The gathering was excited when the
ACN leader reacted to a comment
credited to PDP national chairman,
Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, who described
his party and leaders as Barcelona
and Lionel Messi.
He said: “The national chairman of the
PDP said they are Messi and
Barcelona; let me tell them that now,
C. Ronaldo of the Real Madrid has
defeated Messi and his club.”
Tinubu urged Nigerians to support APC
in its efforts to rescue Nigeria from
poverty and insecurity, describing the
party as Armoured Personnel Carrier,
the crime-fighting all-weather, all-
steel militancy vehicle commonly used
by the police. .
Describing the local government as the
artery of development of any state,
Tinubu said without local governments,
there can never be connection between
the state and the grassroots. He said
he was proud of the achievement, of
Governor Babatunde Fashola and the
ACN in the state.
Tinubu said: “To the glory of God, I
am proud that the local councils I
created did well when I was in office.
They are not doing badly under the
leadership of Fashola. Those that
objected to the creation of 57 local
councils have been put to shame with
the developmental projects the council
chairmen have delivered to the people
of Lagos State.
At the event were the top government
functionaries, including the Secretary
to the Lagos State government, Mrs
Idiat Adebule, who represented
Fashola, Commissioner for Local
Government and Chieftaincy Affairs
Ademorin Kuye and Speaker, Lagos
House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji.
Also at the event were party leaders,
led by the chairman of Lagos State
ACN, Chief Henry Ajomale, Lagos
Central ACN leader, Prince Tajudeen
Olusi, National Publicity Secretary,
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, former Minister
of Defence, Ademola Seriki and Chief
Mutiu Are.
Mr. Oladele Adekanye, the mainland
local government chairman was the
host.



Source http://thenationonlineng.net/new/news/tinubu-blasts-inec-over-apc/

For all practical purposes, Ojuyobo has successfully transformed himself into a full force to be reckoned with. We all have to admit that we all had one or more youthful indiscretions which are ultimately trumped by our adult discretions.

Jagaban Borgu, carry go.

The gathering was excited when the ACN leader reacted to a comment credited to PDP national chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, who described his party and leaders as Barcelona and Lionel Messi. He said: “The national chairman of the PDP said they are Messi and Barcelona; let me tell them that now, C. Ronaldo of the Real Madrid has defeated Messi and his club.”

Messi vs Ronaldo - in a game of two halves...

INEC shouldn't allow PDP to destroy what's left of their dwindling credibility

A WISE is‎​ enough for the WORD!!

Dame Patience said it & I was wondering the tactics they were going to employ, but now, it is now very obvious. But sha make dem no 4get say boss dey always dey kill n even beat actor well well until the last fight for inside films ooo...

The special one has spoken aka Mourinho of Nigerian politics.

Imagine Tinubu wanting to rescue Nigeria! I laff in bollywood!

Hv got some questions...

Are they expectn INEC to hv approached them telling them dt d name(APC) has been registered when dey ar holdn dere merger meetings?

Are they (APC) cryn fowl b4 hand so dt wen dey finally loose out in 2015...dey will say dey said it earlier dt INEC is workn wit PDP?

If it happened dt APC were d one power can dey guaranttee d level of fairness and credibilty INEC is achieving under GEJ administratn wea ACN,Labour etc will win election and result being announced?

APC should just put dere house in order,come up wit better idealogy,carve out a new name and logo dt can b easily identified by all d citizenry,create awareness and campaign and face PDP and stop shouting all around...

All i knw is most of dem dt ar spare headn ds new opposition party dont hv anytyn 2 offer,...dey ar just power drunk and nt having d interest of nigerians at heart if nt comment like 'WRESTLING POWER 4RM PDP,'UNSEATING PDP' etc should nt b d case....

Abegii,

If African Peoples Congress meets the requirement and are registered there is nothing Tinubu or anyone for that matter can do about it. Tinubu/ACN should quit whining and do things properly.

TInubu should stop playing emotional politics. What stopped them from registering APC 24hrs after it was announced. I think what he should do is find our the registrants of APC (African Progressives Congress) and invite them to merge with them to guarantee that name. As far as I am concerned, INEC under its operational by-laws can not deny any one coming for registration because there is noise in the airwaves about a phantom mega party. Tinubu should quit emotional politics and play an intelligent game. This is a landslide shame!