Why UPP Collapses Structure Into APC
POLITICS DIGEST – One the 74 political parties recently de-registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the United Progressive Party (UPP), has announced the collapsing of all its structures from the ward to the national level into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The resolution was contained in a statement by the National Chairman of the defunct party, Chief Chekwas Okorie, after a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC), including the Board of Trustees (BOT) and other stakeholders of the UPP.
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The meeting, according to the statement, has directed all members of the UPP at all levels to proceed to register as members of the APC at their various wards of origin or the wards where they reside.
Okorie said before the party resolved to pitch its tent with the APC after consultations with the leaders and stakeholders of the party. He said UPP members have been assured of a warm welcome and equal opportunities available to all bona fide members of the ruling party.
Tracing the relationship of the defunct UPP with the ruling party, Okorie said during the build-up to the last presidential election, the NEC of the UPP opted to support President Muhammadu Buhari in his bid for second term in the 2019 presidential election unconditionally.
Okorie said: “We reviewed a number of options available to us, including the hand of fellowship extended to our party by some of the political parties that survived the INEC onslaught.
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