| credits: INEC's Facebook page
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved the application by three political parties, the Action Congress of Nigeria (CAN), the All Nigeria Peoples’ Party (ANPP), and the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), to merge into one, and be known as the All Progressives Congress (APC).
In a press statement signed by the secretary to the Commission, Abdullahi Kaugama, it was stated that “the applicant-parties have met all statutory requirements for the merger, and their request has been granted accordingly”.