The prolonged delay in the release of the newly formed mega party’s (APC) Logo, has been attributed to the division within the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA.
This was made known by the Action Congress of Nigeria‘s spokesman, Lai Mohammed, in Abuja after a meeting of some leaders of the newly formed party.
Mohammed said that following the row in APGA, its symbol will not appear in the logo of the new party to avoid litigation. He added that the various factions in APGA have accepted the decision of APC and sought to be allowed to report to their party.
According to the spokesman, “We appreciate the fact that APGA is today divided. It is factionalised. Therefore, it will not be proper for us to take any of the symbols of APGA as part of the logo of APC, which they actually accepted.”
“Their only point is that we should allow them to report back to their party that in the new logo which will be unveiled, there is no symbol of APGA because once we use the symbol of APGA, a faction could take us to court.”
“And that is why we are now differing the announcement of the logo until the time when they go back to explain. Certainly, they did not work out. They went to have their own meetings, their own consultations.“
He also noted that the new party will inaugurate the various committees it has set up next week.
“We have taken a lot of very useful decisions, consultations still continue. Various committees have been set up to be inaugurated next week. And if there is any other development, we will let you know,” he said.
Speaking on the speculation that the All Nigerian Peoples’ Party (ANPP) was not committed to the merger, Mohammed said the party’s Board of Trustees Chairman, Alli Modu Sherrif, attended the meeting.
He said the People’s Democratic Party would be disappointed over its prediction that APC will break up since the entire parties are no doubt committed to the success of the merger.
“If the PDP is waiting for the issue of ambition or ego to divide the APC, I think they are mistaking. What I have seen in our deliberation today is the extent to which people are ready to make sacrifices, how people are ready to bend backward to ensure that this merger works.”
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