A chieftain of the newly registered All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has joined other Nigerians in expressing happiness over the emergence of the mega opposition party, even as he charged members of the party to strive harder for the ultimate goal of dislodging the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Ribadu, in a statement in Abuja, congratulated key players in the merged parties “for shoving their personal interests in order to allow for mutation of a pan-Nigerian party that can provide credible alternative to the ruling party”.

The statement, issued by Ribadu’s media aide, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, quoted the 2011 presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), expressing hope that the new party would have sweeping victory comes the next general election.

“Like millions of Nigerians from all over the country, I am immensely delighted

over the successful registration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by the Independent n National Electoral Commission (INEC),” Ribadu said.

According to him, the registration of the party by the electoral body “is not the end. It is the beginning of the end of misrule and cluelessness” as he called for renewed zeal and commitment by members of the party to achieve the desired objective.

He called on Nigerians to resist manipulations of the electoral process either through whipping up religious or sectional sentiments or by the use of money, maintaining that 2015 elections would be a major litmus test for the opposition and all progressive Nigerians.