All Progressives Congress

The All Progressives Congress is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with the Peoples Democratic Party. Founded on 6 February 2013 from a merger of Nigeria's three largest opposition parties, the party came to power following the victory of party candidate Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 presidential election. This marked the first time in Nigerian history that an opposition party unseated a governing party and power was transferred peacefully. In 2015, the APC won the majority of seats in the Senate and the House of Representatives, although it fell shy of winning a super-majority... Wikipedia

• Chairperson:  Nentawe Yilwatda (PL)
• Secretary:  Ajibola Basiru (OS)
• Chair of the Governors Forum:  Hope Uzodinma (IM)
• Founded:  February 6, 2013
• Merger of:  ACN, CPC, ANPP
• Headquarters:  40 Blantyre Street, off Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Wuse II, Abuja, FCT
• Ideology:  Big tent, Social conservatism, Regulated market, Factions, Federalism
• Political position:  Centre to centre-left
• International affiliation:  Socialist International (consultative, formerly)
• Colours:  Light blue (customary), Green, White, Red
• Seats in the Senate:  75 / 109 (%)
• Seats in the House of Representatives:  242 / 360 (%)
• Governorships:  31 / 36 (%)
• Seats in state Houses of Assembly:  598 / 991 (%)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo