No court can stop INEC from registering APC – CPC

One of the leading opposition parties in the country, the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, has declared that the mega opposition party, All Progressive Congress, APC, was not ready to change its name.

The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Rotimi Fashakin, affirmed that no court can stop the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from registering the APC.

According to him, “It’s too late in the day for anybody to try anything funny with our registration. No court can stop INEC from registering APC.

“We have followed the proper procedure and what is left is purely administrative.

“The African Peoples Congress which was set up in a hurry by the PDP has been disqualified by INEC.

“We are not losing sleep because at this point, we cannot be compelled to change name when it is clear that the APC acronym is free for our use. When we get registered, anybody who has issues with it can go to court.

He added that the law was clear about the procedure for registration of political parties, saying, it had made the registration imminent because, “the law says if after 30 days we don’t hear from INEC, we are deemed to have been registered.

“We had our various conventions and submitted our documents 27 days ago. All I can tell you now is, no shaking.”

When contacted, National Publicity Secretary of the ACN, Lai Mohammed said, “We will issue a robust statement tomorrow (Sunday).

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