Official:INEC Has Not Rejected APC Merger Bid

The Independent National Electoral Commission has refuted reports that it has rejected a bid by some political parties to merge as the All Progressives Congress, APC. A statement this afternoon by Mr Kayode Idowu, chief press secretary to the INEC chairman said the reports are “utterly false”.He added that “The Commission has not written to stop the merger bid as APC”.
Explaining what has happened so far, Idowu said,“The Commission, in a letter by its Secretary dated April 23rd, 2013, only declined an application by another association seeking to register as the All Progressives Congress of Nigeria (APCN), for the reason that the acronym proposed by the association is similar to that of another already seeking registration.
The media aide to Professor Attahiru Jega said,“The Commission hereby reassures Nigerians that it will always do the right thing as a dispassionate and impartial regulator of the political process.