APC: Allegations By ADC that Civil Servants Were Forced to Register Nonsensical, Baseless

Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja

All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed allegations by African Democratic Congress (ADC) that civil servants were being pressured to participate in APC’s e-registration exercise.

National Publicity Secretary of APC, Felix Morka, in a statement, said the claim was entirely false and baseless

Morka said the allegation only sought to cast a shadow over the cutting-edge and path breaking digitisation of APC’s membership register. 

APC stated, “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.

“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.”

Inspired by visible gains and impact of the Renewed Hope Agenda, Morka revealed that millions of Nigerians had registered and continued to register, voluntarily and enthusiastically, as members of the party.

The spokesperson said it was against this background that the leadership of the party was compelled 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,” he said.

Morka stressed that while ADC continued to fumble and peddle falsehood, the ruling party was focused on its onward march as Africa’s standard-bearer of digital and democratic innovation.