The African Peoples Congress (APC) has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to a federal High Court in Abuja challenging the failure of the commission to register the association as a political party.
The party in the suit also prayed the court for an order to prohibit the electoral body from registering any other association with the acronym; APC as a political party pending the hearing and determination of the suit.
The merger of a number of opposition parties into the planned All Progressives Congress (APC) is locked in a bitter battle with the African Peoples Congress (APC) over the acronym being used by both parties.
In the suit filed on Tuesday by the acting chairman of the African Peoples Congress and 29 others, the party is seeking a declaration that INEC lacks the discretionary power to refuse registering an association as a political party having met the conditions for registration.
The suit is also seeking a declaration that the plaintiffs being the principal members and promoters of the association known as the African Peoples Congress have met all conditions of eligibility for registration of APC as a political party.
They also prayed the court for an order directing INEC to register the association known as and called the African Peoples Congress as a political party.
No date has been fixed for the hearing of the suit.
