APC has taken Off - We have begun Registration with INEC

THE process for formal registration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced, according to Chief Tom Ikimi.

Ikimi, who is a chieftain of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), told reporters Tuesday in Abuja that the application in that regard was duly filed at the Abuja headquarters of INEC on Friday, last week.

Flanked by former Kano State governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau (ANPP) and Garba Mohammed Gadi (CPC), Ikimi maintained that the APC has met the statutory requirement for registration as a political party.

“Statutorily, the document has to be signed by the national chairman, secretary and treasurer of each of the merging parties. Now, only three parties have done their conventions: ACN, ANPP and CPC. Hence, there are nine people who have signed those documents. The request for submission, I understand, was done last Friday,” he said.

Faulting the notion that members of the APC are at war with one another over the leadership of the interim management committee, he said: “That is being discussed, it is being worked out and we need to consult further in order to agree to those names. There is no disagreement, we as merging committee are working and we have had a hitch free meeting this afternoon, we have taken fundamental decisions. Part of the decision is that we should consult further with our various parties.” - Guardian