{"id":7254,"date":"2013-07-28T14:46:33","date_gmt":"2013-07-28T14:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/inec-has-no-reason-not-to-approve-our-merger-acn\/"},"modified":"2013-07-28T14:46:33","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T14:46:33","slug":"inec-has-no-reason-not-to-approve-our-merger-acn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/inec-has-no-reason-not-to-approve-our-merger-acn\/","title":{"rendered":"INEC has no reason not to approve our merger \u2013 ACN"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) says the All Progressives Congress (APC) has met all the requirements\u00a0to consummate its merger, hence INEC has no defensible reason not to approve the merger.<\/p>\n

In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party\u00a0said in spite of recent media reports concerning the antics of some negative forces within INEC over APC\u2019s registration, the emerging party\u2019s leadership has no doubt that in the end, the electoral body will do what\u00a0is right in accordance with the law.<\/p>\n

The party dismissed as a mere speculation the report that INEC was planning to write a letter to the proponents of\u00a0APC to find another name because of a court case instituted by a political association over the APC acronym.<\/p>\n

The statement reads, “We are convinced that INEC has no discernible reason to write such a letter to us. In the first instance, there exists\u00a0no court injunction anywhere restraining the commission from registering APC. There could be many court cases,\u00a0but until there is a court order, no one can preempt what a court will do and act on that basis.”<\/p>\n

ACN said it has met the requirement by the Electoral commission. \u201dAgain, we have met all the stipulated requirements. INEC has also inspected our proposed headquarters in Abuja and sighted all our interim officers. The merger process may be novel, but we have played according to the rules and we expect nothing less from INEC,\u201d .<\/p>\n

The party expressed satisfaction with the statement credited to Mr. Kayode Idowu, spokesman for the INEC Chairman,\u00a0Prof. Attahiru Jega.<\/p>\n

\u201dWe believe we are on the same page with INEC as far as this trail-brazing merger is concerned, and that has been\u00a0confirmed by the INEC spokesman, and we therefore call on the Commission to do the proper thing right now \u2013 which is the registration of APC.<\/p>\n

\u201dThere is no doubt that INEC is under tremendous pressure, from both the card-carrying PDP members of the Commission\u00a0and their collaborators who are mortally afraid of the merger, and who will want the electoral body to commence, right now, the\u00a0process of rigging the 2015 election in their favour.<\/p>\n

\u201dBut we urge INEC not to compromise its neutrality and integrity by acting contrary to the law. We remind the Commission thatNigerians are keenly watching how it will handle this merger issue, and whatever it does will determine whether or not Nigerians can count on it to organize a free, fair and credible elections in 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201dGiven the already over-heated polity ahead of the 2015 elections, we believe INEC will not do anything that will aggravate the situation,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

The party has appealed to all the supporters of the emerging APC across the country to remain calm over the registration issue.<\/p>\n

\u201dWe know that many of our teeming supporters are upset by the report of the shenanigans in INEC over this issue. But it is important for them to remain law-abiding as we await the decision of INEC. We are confident, going by the words of INEC itself, that the court case instituted by those laying claim to the APC acronym has no bearing on what is going on,\u201d the party
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