Barring any last minute hurdle, members of the opposition coalition have resolved to approach the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) next week for the registration of their proposed party, All Progressives Congress (APC).

THISDAY gathered that as part of the fall-out of the resumed meeting of the merging parties Tuesday in Abuja, the coalition had proposed an APC interim national executive with its chairman to be nominated by Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) while Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) are to fill the National Secretary and Deputy National chairmanship slots respectively.

The meeting also considered all the requirements for the registration of the new platform and the readiness of the merging parties to comply with the relevant electoral laws.

A reliable source who revealed to THISDAY the progress being made on the merger arrangement said the parties had accepted to use a house donated by a party chieftain at No 6 Bissau Street in Wuse, Abuja as the temporary national headquarters of the APC.

He said a proposal was earlier circulated to the parties in which ACN was allotted the position of interim national chairman, while the CPC would have national secretary and the ANPP to produce the deputy national chairman for the new party.

However, the source alerted on the brewing disagreement over the sharing of interim party offices. It said leaders of the ANPP were not comfortable with the deputy national chairman slot. According to the source, ANPP's representatives at the merger talks queried the rationale behind the choice of CPC for the position of national secretary which does not reflect the party's electoral strength and spread.

It was learnt that due to the objections trailing the modalities for constituting the APC interim National Executive Committee (NEC), on merger resolved to push the matter to an enlarged meeting of APC governors and top party leaders scheduled for Tuesday next week.

Part of the agenda of the planned meeting of the leaders with governors will be to review all necessary documentations required for the smooth registration of the new party as well as ensure that each of the merging parties appends its signature on the final document to be submitted to INEC.

In addition, the source said the joint meeting intended to consider the legal threat posed by the rival African People's Congress and adopt strategies to overcome the challenge.

Although the meeting ended without any formal communique or briefing on its outcome, the ACN merger committee chairman, Chief Tom Ikimi told journalists that the parties met to review their readiness to commence formal application for the registration of APC.

"We met to review all our documentations to ensure that none contravened the relevant electoral laws guiding political party registration. From every indication, all the documents are okay and I am very pleased that everything is on course.

"All the three merging parties: ACN, ANPP and CPC have since furnished INEC with the reports of their national conventions and the commission also observed their conventions. What is remaining now is for us to send in our applications for registration to INEC with relevant documents, " he said.

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Yippeee !!!!!

The DREAM of Sane Nigerians is just a week away!

I.Joan:
Yippeee !!!!!

The DREAM of Sane Nigerians is just a week away!

But a certain 'animal in human skin' by the name Buhari is amonst that coalition. I certainly hope he isn't chosen as their flag-bearer, in any capacity, come 2015.

Uyi Iredia:

But a certain 'animal in human skin' by the name Buhari is amonst that coalition. I certainly hope he isn't chosen as their flag-bearer, in any capacity, come 2015.

Pls can you kindly state, what issue do you have with Buhari?

Baba_Eleko:

Pls can you kindly state, what issue do you have with Buhari?

I see him as a closed chapter in Nigeria's political evolution (the era of military rule) and like IBB should retire or play a background role in Nigeria's political scene.

Nice development.

Up APC!!!

ok am i supposn 2 b happy wit ds news

The title should be:

APC is considering commencement to try to negotiate a way to strategize how to begin to plan who to arrange to go pick up the form from INEC Abuja.

wonders will never end. So we are supposed to be jumping up or what? Anyways I will sit here and wait for it....lmao

There is nothing to rejoice about! APC is just a collection of power thirsty individuals with nothing to offer the nation!!

They better find another name cos APC is taken. Should they insist on this name, i forsee them loosing all the seats they are going to win in the 2015 elections, via the court process.
See how Tinubu is relegating Buhari's CPC and the ANPP to the background. By the time Buhari will realise what is happening, it'd be too late to cry us a river at the ICC ,Abuja.

Uyi Iredia:

But a certain 'animal in human skin' by the name Buhari is amonst that coalition. I certainly hope he isn't chosen as their flag-bearer, in any capacity, come 2015.

YOU ARE ENTITLED TO YOUR OPINION.
WHETHER IT IS HUMANISTIC OR ANIMALISTIC IS ANOTHER ISSUE.
CONTINUE, BUT DO NOT SINK IN THE POOL OF BARBARISM.

Uyi Iredia:

Being wet and hugging a transformer wouldn't harm me. Except the one of wires in the transformer chances to have contact with its frame. I'm neither an Igbo (a spelling by certain misinformed people) PDP cretin. Since you had no rebuttal to make I would safely assume you have nothing cogent to say wrt my point.

YOU ARE AN IGBO, STOP LYING!!!

Buhari is in it? Count me out... He should join his Boko brothers in the Adamawa mountain

"May" they aint even serious. We will see how it goes

I dont fancy politics, but i think Apc would be better off if the likes of Buhari and Tinubu could hands of it. My opinion though!

I.Joan:
Yippeee !!!!!

The DREAM of Sane Nigerians is just a week away!

u don't know anythin guy. Just keep your fingers crossed as events unfold. I'm sure your "sane" will change to "insane"

I go buy u brazilian any day u get sense

madam_oringo:

Ibos and PDP cretins always show up to hamper the wheel of progress. You don't count obviously, why not just go hug a wet transformer or just decapitate yourself!!

All for the national cake. apc my foot

Isn't funny how the opposition finds it difficult to register a party, but wants us to believe that GEJ is clueless in handling a country as complex as Nigeria? There's already two rival group claiming the acronym APC. Until they successfully merge and register APC, I won't take them serious.

What of APGA? Is like Rochas has realise where is heading.

Baba_Eleko:

Pls can you kindly state, what issue do you have with Buhari?

what do you mean by that rubbish question? Are you silly? Just consider the number of years hausa ruled nigeria and think of how poor the north is. Or don't you know that all these problems such boko haram, almajiries, these cow men that escort cow that causes ethnic crises between the northern states and villages, to you are not enough problems to disallow or reject Buhari? Or are you saying Buhari didn't contribute to the poverty that is ravaging the north? Or you do not know the meaning an extremist? Just be careful next time

APC? Mtchew!

deletrue: what do you mean by that rubbish question? Are you silly? Just consider the number of years hausa ruled nigeria and think of how poor the north is. Or don't you know that all these problems such boko haram, almajiries, these cow men that escort cow that causes ethnic crises between the northern states and villages, to you are not enough problems to disallow or reject Buhari? Or are you saying Buhari didn't contribute to the poverty that is ravaging the north? Or you do not know the meaning an extremist? Just be careful next time

ONE OF THE POOREST LOGICS I'VE READ IN RECENT TIMES. I EQUATE IT TO AKPABIO'S LOGIC AS REGARDS NGF ELECTION. EXCUSS ME LEST I FORGET, DO YOU HATE THE NORTH, OR JUST BUHARI?bi