We’re the real APC – Acting
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March 15, 2013 | 12:14 am
News
BY Johnbosco Agbakwuru &
Gabriel Ewepu
…Unveils logo, acronym,
emblem
ABUJA—The battle for
ascendancy among the
political opposition got
messier, Thursday, after the
brains behind the
controversial African Peoples
Congress, APC, emerged to
unfold their logo,
constitution and emblem.
The new group whose
aspiration for registration
with the Independent
National Electoral
Commission, INEC, has
thrown confusion into
merger plans by the
country’s leading opposition
political parties said,
yesterday, that it was not
doing a hatchet job on
behalf of the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP.
The assertion, nonetheless,
leaders of the fledgling All
Progressive Congress,
comprising Action Congress
of Nigeria, ACN; Congress for
Progressive Change, CPC; All
Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP
and elements of All
Progressive Grand Alliance,
APGA, nevertheless vowed to
pursue their merger.
At a press conference late,
yesterday, the joint merger
committee said its plans
would not be derailed by the
“mischief” of the African
Peoples Congress and their
sponsors.
‘We are on rescue mission’
Speaking at a ceremony
where the brains behind the
emerging party were
formally unveiled, the Acting
National Chairman of African
Peoples Congress, Chief
Onyinye Ikeagwuonu,
lamented what he described
as poverty of leadership in
the country since 1999,
saying that the APC was on a
rescue mission.
He said: “The PDP, ACN, CPC,
ANPP, etc have remorselessly
squandered the goodwill of
Nigerians. While
infrastructure suffers in the
states with the economy of
the states wound round
monthly allocations and
diverted council funds.”
Asks EFCC to probe govs with
private jets
He called on the Economic
and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, to urgently
investigate the sources of
funds used to purchase
private jets by some state
governors and also
condemned what he called
the desperation of some
people for power in the
country.
The party said its major
objective was “to entrench a
system that is centred on the
people: to reclaim our
crumbling institutions and
failing nation; to give
Nigerians reasons to believe
again. Today, Nigerians have
a party that is committed to
rebuilding Nigeria.“
On name controversy
On the controversy
surrounding the name APC,
the Legal Adviser, Mr.
Kingsley Nnadi, said the
acronym should not be the
problem but it should be the
name, adding that any other
group making claim to the
acronym, APC, had not made
any official request to the
INEC which he said his
African Peoples Congress had
made.
He debunked the allegation
that the African Peoples
Congress was hurriedly
floated by the members of
the peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, to scuttle the
registration of All
Progressives Congress,
stressing that if the PDP had
performed well, there would
have not been any need to
float his APC.
‘Party has no link with PDP’
“My party has no link with
PDP. In fact, our intention is
to take over power from the
ruling party. If PDP is ruling
well, there would have been
no need to come up. We are
out because PDP has failed to
touch the lives of Nigerian.
“We have just one APC
(African Peoples Congress),
the other one is not existing
and INEC is aware of our
party. The other APC only did
merely negotiation, but we
started our party over two
years ago. With the
documents submitted to the
INEC, we have met the
requirement of the
Constitution and the Electoral
Act.
“I believe that the unveiling
of our party today, has finally
put to rest the contention
over APC, which one is
authentic or not and we are
waiting for INEC’s reply. We
have our offices in over 26
states of the federation
including our national
headquarters and our
support is massive.”
Challenges African Peoples
Congress
His assertion nonetheless,
the merger committee of the
All Progressive Congress, APC,
debunked the action of the
new African Peoples
Congress.
Speaking through Chief Tom
Ikimi, chairman of the joint
merger committee of the
opposition parties said they
had been taking the pains of
meeting the requirements of
a merger since they made
their intentions known on
February 6.
He said: “We have taken the
pains to furnish the
foregoing facts because we
will not accept any attempt
by INEC (Independent
National Electoral
Commission), relying on a
dubious application, clearly
not in compliance with the
conditions set out in the
Constitution or the Electoral
Act, to scuttle our plans to
formalise our merger under
our adopted name and
acronym.
“We challenge the cowards
behind the so-called African
Peoples Congress to come
forth and defend their
position or forever hold their
peace. On

popping champagne. The best news i've heard in decade
down to TinuBuhari axis of evil

up APC FOREVER!
i've always maintain that i wil vote for an APc with an igbo man as candidate

Nothing new....we've seen it before. Arthur Nzeribe and Daniel Kanu once thread this path.

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