Court grants leave for hearing on APC acronym





 THE Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Tuesday, granted leave for commencement of hearing on the suit brought before it by African Peoples Congress, APC, seeking judicial review of decision of  Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, not to register it as a political party.

African Peoples Congress is a political association that had applied to INEC for registration with the acronym APC, but the electoral umpire rejected the application, alleging that it did not supply the residential addresses of its national officers in the form filled with the commission.

The ruling appears to have created tension and uncertainty within the ranks of the merging political parties, under the aegis of All Progressives Alliance, APC, because of its implication.

It was gathered that the application which was granted yesterday by Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has now opened the door for full legal battle which may shape the road to 2015 general elections.

The legal implication of this ruling, which is a fundamental step towards the full blown trial and adjudication on the APC acronym battle, has seemingly placed a big hurdle on the path of the merging parties, as the real owner of the APC franchise can only be determined by the court of law




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