In a press statement issued in Abuja on February 2, 2026, the ruling party said the ADC was “terrified by massive All Progressives Congress (APC) membership registration in the ongoing electronic-registration exercise” and had resorted to “nonsensical allegation[s]” to undermine the process. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, characterised the alleged action as economic coercion aimed at forcing party membership on public servants. APC swiftly dismissed the allegations as false and politically motivated. APC, however, dismissed the allegation outright, insisting it was “entirely false and baseless” and designed to discredit what it called “the cutting-edge and pathbreaking digitization of our Party’s membership register.”According to the APC, the accusation forms part of a broader pattern of disinformation. “While the ADC continues to fumble and peddle falsehood,” the APC declared, “our great Party remains focused on its onward march as Africa’s standard-bearer of digital and democratic innovation.”

Source: Punch February 02, 2026 15:07 UTC