Fresh Allegation Emerges as Senator Reveals Who Is Really Behind NDC Crisis

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Former Senator representing Anambra Central, Victor Umeh, has alleged that the Peace Movement Party (PMP) is being used as a tool to stop the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) from participating in the 2027 general elections.

Umeh made the claim on Monday during an appearance on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme.

According to the senator, the controversy surrounding the NDC is part of a broader attempt to prevent the party from taking part in the next presidential election.

He argued that the victory-sign emblem being disputed is a universally recognised symbol and cannot be claimed as the exclusive property of the PMP.

“PMP is being used to block the NDC’s participation in the 2027 Elelection.

“When Peter Obi, Rabiu 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.

Umeh further maintained that the PMP lacks the legal standing to claim ownership of the symbol since it has not been officially recognised as a political party by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

He stressed that party symbols become protected only after they have been formally submitted and approved as part of a registered political party’s identity.

The senator’s remarks come amid growing controversy over the legal challenges facing the NDC ahead of the 2027 polls.

Recall that a Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, recently nullified its earlier decision which directed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to register the NDC as a political party.

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