Igbokwe said: “I can tell you authoritatively that nobody gave such a directive. It is a figment of the imagination of those who preach hate in Nigeria, especially people outside Nigeria. They create problems for Ndigbo and endanger their businesses with the host community. Already, APC has sufficient membership, so it cannot coerce anyone to register. We already know our members, we’re just formalising it.”
He added that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is using what he described as unproductive propaganda against the registration exercise.
Meanwhile, APC membership registration centres within Lagos metropolis are still being besieged by people who are interested in the party.
Our correspondent, who went round the city to monitor the exercise arising from the extra two days announced by the party for membership registration, observed that most centres had a reasonable number of people waiting to be registered.
At a registration centre on Sunday Adigun Street, Ikeja, the polling officer, Taiwo Soyemi, said people started besieging the area around 9.30am when they commenced work.
“We have been registering interested members of the public since morning. There is no shortage of materials, everything went on smoothly,” he said.
Also at another centre in Agege, the polling officer said people were turning up for the exercise. The APC extended its nation-wide membership registration by two days last weekend and the exercise now ends today.
Source: Daily Trust
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