The lawmaker representing Anambra Central Senatorial District, Victor Umeh, has alleged that the Peace Movement Party is being used to prevent the participation of the Nigeria Democratic Congress in the 2027 general elections.
Umeh made the claim during an interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme on Monday.
He insisted that the victory sign logo is a universal symbol and cannot be exclusively claimed by the Peace Movement Party.
“PMP is being used to block the NDC’s participation in the 2027 Elelection.
“When Peter Obi, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and some of us joined the NDC on May 3, the very next day, May 4, an application was filed seeking to set aside the party’s registration, even though the NDC had already been registered for about five months.
“The logo does not belong to the PMP because it is not a registered political party. A symbol only becomes exclusive to a party once it is registered with INEC as part of that party’s official registration.
“After that, no other political party can use it because it legally belongs to the registered party,” he said.
The controversy follows a ruling by a Federal High Court in Lokoja, which set aside its earlier judgment directing Independent National Electoral Commission to register the Nigeria Democratic Congress as a political party.
