The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue has commenced the mobilisation of members for registration, ahead of the 2015 general elections.
Mr Mike Gbasha, an APC chieftain, who addressed party members on Saturday in Gboko, said that the meeting was convened to educate members on the need to woo more members into the party.
He, however, frowned at the imposition of candidates on the party by some individuals.
Gbasha urged the people to turn out en-mass for the party’s registration, adding that it was their only weapon against the forces of imposition, intimidation and harassment.
“I encourage you to come out in large numbers for the registration to defeat the forces of imposition by enthroning democratic principles in our great party,’’ he said.
Also speaking, retired Maj.-Gen. India Garba, another party chieftain, assured the people that the APC would advance the cause of democracy in the country via the provision of democratic dividends.
“The APC will implement programmes that will be seen by physical human beings and not spirits, saints and angels.
“All we hear today is about projects that are only seen by angels, saints and spirits,’’ he added.
Garba urged the party members to be “foot soldiers’’ in the drive to boost the party’s membership.
In his remarks, Alhaji Usman Abubakar advised the party members to be wary of those defecting and swelling the ranks of the party.
Abubakar, a former member of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), said that the advice became imperative because of some recent happenings in some political parties where some defectors had caused internal wrangling within their new parties.
He also advised some members of the party to desist from imposing candidates on the party, adding that the people’s will should be allowed to prevail and not that of a few individuals.
