APGA asks INEC not to register APDA

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to register the All Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA), the newly-formed political association.

Victor Oye, national chairman of APGA, made the call in his message to members of the party while marking his second year in office.

Oye said APDA, the acronym of the new group, shared similarity with APGA and would confuse party followers if registered.

“I want to draw the attention of INEC once again to the plans to register All Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA) whose acronym sounds like APGA,” he said.

“This is capable of confusing prospective voters in an election; therefore, INEC should not register the new party in view of our formal protest.

“It should do something urgently to avert the impending confusion.”

Oye said APGA under his chairmanship in the last two years, APGA had grown stronger and was more focused and better unified, adding that he had delivered on some of his promises.

“In my inaugural speech, I promised to reconcile aggrieved members of our party and build on the solid foundation laid by our predecessors,” he said.

“We are thankful to God that today we can say we have fulfilled a reasonable percentage of our promises.

“Although our political terrain is tortuous, we have been unrelenting in our commitment and unfazed by the darts thrown at us by our detractors and adversaries.”

He said that the focus of his executive was to continue to build the party from where their predecessors stopped, into a formidable national party.