FOLLOWING the report that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Wednesday, confirmed the registration of the All Progressives Congress (APC), there was jubilation in Lagos.
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and a faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) merged to form the APC.
Members of ACN stormed the party’s office in Ikeja to express their solidarity to the new party. Others also went to the Governor’s Office in Alausa, singing and dancing.
Unanimously, they said if the party had been denied registration, they would have made the INEC office too hot for the Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega.
The APC registration was confirmed by INEC Secretary, Abdullahi A. Kaugama.
He said in a statement: “The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved the application by three political parties – the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) – to merge into one, to be known as the All Progressives Congress.
“On considering the application, the Commission found that the applicant-parties have met all statutory requirements for the merger, and has accordingly granted their request.
“Consequently, the Commission has approved the withdrawal of the individual certificates of the applicant-parties, and the issuance of a single certificate to the All Progressives Congress.”
