The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) yesterday accused the Congress for Progressive change CPC as not demonstrating “sufficient seriousness and political will to forge a workable electoral cooperation” and has thus called off any alliance between it and the Congress for progressive change (CPC).
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) yesterday accused the Congress for Progressive change CPC as not demonstrating “sufficient seriousness and political will to forge a workable electoral cooperation” and has thus called off any alliance between it and the Congress for progressive change (CPC).
In a letter dated 28th of January 2010, written by the party’s National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, and addressed to the National Chairman of the CPC, the ACN gave other reasons for calling off the alliance to include the fact that “it (ACN) no longer considers a merger feasible.”
Chief Akande explained in the letter that his party which preferred a merger commenced discussions with General Buhari in 2005.
“As proof of our willingness and sincerity, we even decided to adopt his party’s name and logo. This was when he was in ANPP. This dream never materialized,” the party chairman stated.
The chairman of the second largest party in Nigeria also explained that it was General Buhari and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who pulled out of the National Democratic Movement, formed by opposition groups and parties at the time the ACN “pursued it with enthusiasm, dedication and great hope.”
According to the ACN, even after the collapse of the NDM, it still pursued a relationship with General Buhari and his party and that the CPC always preferred an alliance to a merger which according to Chief Akande “has never been an attractive option and its workability is undoubtedly problematic because of the low level of literacy of the majority of our voters, among others.”
The ACN chairman also explained that his party is glad with the turnout of the talks because it’s presidential candidate “Mallam Nuhu Ribadu is very much in the image of General Buhari.”
Chief Akande therefore called for both parties to continue to work together “even after the general elections.” 
