Two of Nigeria’s opposition parties, the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) agreed Saturday to merge into an electoral behemoth, the All Progressives Congress(APC), which they vowed would defeat President Goodluck Jonathan and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in 2015 polls.
The two parties approved the move in separate conventions aired live on television.
A third, the biggest opposition party, Action Congress of Nigeria, okayed the mega party project last month.
“This merger will make us too strong for the PDP to resist,” said CPC leader Mohammadu Buhari during a convention attended by 3,000 delegates in Abuja.
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari: CPC backs APC
“We must explore all oportunities to save our country,” said Buhari, a retired general and former military ruler who has contested all presidential elections in recent years.
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