Ahead of the 2015 general elections in Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress, APC, has alleged that some forces are planning to revive an acronym battle to confuse electorates during the polls.
The party, on Sunday, in a state statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Muhammed, revealed that those behind this move are planning to approach the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to register three political parties with the acronym of its merging parties.
APC disclosed that the plan is to register the Allied Council of Nigeria, ACN; Advanced National Patriotic Party, ANPP; and Conservative People’s Congress, CPC.
Mohammed also pointed out that the fact that the acronyms of the three entities tally with those of the APC component parties (ACN, ANPP and CPC) is not accidental, but a grand design by those who have been having sleepless nights since the APC was registered.
Furthermore, the party explained that, “It is worthy of note that the three applications to INEC for the registration of the three organisations as political parties were made on the same day. Apparently, common sense takes flight in the face of great desperation!
“Their plan is simple: Once the parties are registered, they will then apply to change their logos to those of the original ACN, ANPP and CPC, and then hope to be on the ballot for next year’s general elections. Just before the elections, the sponsors of the phantom parties will then send out messages saying the APC has splintered into its component parties for the purpose of the election.
“Whatever happens, their plan is to confuse the electorate and hamper the electoral fortunes of the APC.”
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