The Independent National Electoral Alliance (INEC) told IRIN today the terms of a proposed alliance between the All People’s Party (APP) and the Alliance for Democracy (AD), in a bid to win the upcoming elections, were illegal. “As far as INEC is concerned, it maintains its stand that it is illegal to have two presidential candidates representing two party emblems or logos, and by implication, the alliance is dead,” INEC’s Director of Public Affairs Steve Osemeke said.
The alliance was created in an attempt to defeat Nigeria’s largest party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in elections later this month.
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