Our party by law is deemed registered - APC
BY JOHNBOSCO AGBAKWURU ABUJA - NATIONAL Deputy Secretary of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, and member of the dissolved Joint Merger Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Barrister Okoi Obono-Obla has said that after 30 days the Independent National Electoral officer, INEC, acknowledged receipt of its application for registration, APC by law can become a political party. But INEC Chairman Prof. Attahiru Jega through his Press Secretary Mr. Kayode Idowu has told the merging political parties that it was not yet registered and cannot be recognized as a political party because it was only last week the leadership of APC submitted names of its officers. Obono-Obla told Vanguard that the leadership of APC had been waiting for INEC to register it (APC) as a political party after it had complied with the necessary requirements. He said the electoral umpire had acknowledged receipt of application from the merging political parties of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Congre...