ACN, CPC, ANPP Merger Underway – Lai Mohammed

A chieftain of the Action
Congress of Nigeria (ACN),
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has
hinted that his party will soon
merge with other opposition
parties, ahead of the 2015
general election.
Fielding questions from
reporters in a televised
programme monitored by
LEADERSHIP SUNDAY in Lagos,
Mohammed said the parties
likely to fuse together in a
mega merger included the All
Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)
and some elements within the
ruling Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP).
This is coming just as our
correspondent gathered that
high level consultations have
commenced among chieftains
of the relevant parties
regarding setting the
parametres for necessary
engagements that would
ultimately lead to the
emergence of the proposed
party.
Mohammed confirmed the
development while fielding
questions from journalists in a
live televised programme of a
Lagos-based broadcast media.
He said politicians from the
parties had already begun
moves to explore the
possibility of fusing together
very soon.
“The merger of our party,
ACN, with the CPC, the ANPP
and a splinter group of
disenchanted members of the
PDP will soon come into being
very soon. I can assure you,
the leaders of the parties
have been meeting to
consider the proposal, as the
only way we can rescue this
country from the PDP,” he
said.
According to him, the
performance of the PDP in the
handling of the nation’s
resources has served as an
impetus to recruit non-
politicians into the envisaged
party, saying “even people
who had never joined partisan
politics have come to be
identified with us.”
Though Mohammed did not
elaborate further on the
venue of the series of the
meetings, sources within the
ACN told our correspondent
that indeed the meetings took
place in Lagos, Abuja and
Kaduna.
Source: Leadership Newspaper