By Jude Opara, Abuja
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday mocked the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) for allegedly being intimidated by the overwhelming success of the ongoing e-registration membership exercise.
APC National Publicity Secretary (NPS), Barr. Felix Morka in a statement he made available to newsmen said the ADC was only expressing their fears with the baseless allegation that the ruling party pressured civil servants to take part in its e-registration exercise.
Morka described the allegation as false and baseless; insisting that the opposition party was only trying to blackmail the APC over what does not exist.
“Terrified by massive All Progressives Congress (APC) membership registration in the ongoing electronic-registration exercise, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has spewed a nonsensical allegation that civil servants were being pressured to participate in our Party’s E-Registration exercise.
“That claim is entirely false and baseless, and seeks to cast a shadow over the cutting-edge and pathbreaking digitization of our Party’s membership register. It is a part of ADC’s disinformation campaign that included the fabrication and circulation of a fake “APC membership slip”, purporting that a notorious terrorist had registered as a member of APC”.
According to the NPS, contrary to the claims of the ADC, most Nigerians have embraced the APC because of the huge successes of the Renewed Hope Agenda of the President Bola Tinubu administration.
“Inspired by visible gains and impact of the Renewed Hope Agenda, millions of Nigerians have registered and continue to register, voluntarily and enthusiastically, as members of our Party, compelling our leadership to yield to popular demand to extend the period of registration from January 31 to February 8, 2026.
“Clearly, the ADC is intimidated by the phenomenal success of our Party’s E-Registration exercise, for obvious reasons. However, that cannot justify concocting and spewing lies in an attempt to smear the exercise”.
The statement added that while the ADC continues to ‘fumble and peddle falsehood’, the APC will remain focused on its onward march as Africa’s largest democracy.
