The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately deregister the opposition coalition, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), citing what it described as the party’s lack of electoral relevance ahead of next year’s general elections.
Speaking at a press briefing held at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, the National Secretary, Ajibola Basiru, ridiculed the ADC’s claims of political strength, arguing that such influence has not reflected in its electoral performance.
He also criticized the opposition coalition for what he termed an attack on the electoral body, particularly over its demand for the resignation of the INEC Chairman, Joash Ojo Amupitan, along with other national commissioners, following the decision to remove the David Mark-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the ADC.
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“There have been several elections held since the coalition of confusion came into existence. They will boast yet will not win any single seats. They claimed that the FCT Area Council elections will be a litmus test, yet they could not win one out of the six chairmanship positions neither did they win any seat in the 62 Councilorship seats.
“In fact, we advice INEC to deregister the coalition of confusion party because they have no electoral value. They cannot be demonising INEC by calling for the sack of the chairman and National Commissioners.
“Assuming that the electoral umpire boss and the Commissioners are sacked, who will appoint the next set of people taking over from them. Instead of seeking court redress they are calling for the sack of the electoral umpire management.
“They are not ready to obey the law but preferred to threaten to go ahead with it’s scheduled activities including the conduct of the convention which shows that they have no regards for the court of law.
“Since they are not just ready for elections,they cannot collapse the institution. It will be disingenuous for them to blame President Tinubu and the APC if they disobey the court. They have to put their house in order and stop blaming Tinubu or the APC,” the National Secretary said.
