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| All Nigeria Peoples Party | |
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| Chairman | Hon rtd Chief Edwin Ume-ezeoke |
| Secretary | Nya E. Asuquo |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Bassan Plaza Plot 759, Central Business Area, Abuja |
| Political Ideology | Conservatism |
| Colours | Green, White, Blue |
| Website | [1], |
| See also | Politics of Nigeria Nigerian Political parties Nigerian Elections |
The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) is a conservative political party in Nigeria. At the last legislative elections (21 April 2007), the party won 27.0% of the popular vote and 92 out of 360 seats in the House of Representatives and 27 out of 109 seats in the Senate. Its candidate in the presidential elections of 19 April 2003, former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari, won 32.2% of the vote. Buhari was again the ANPP candidate in the 2007 presidential election, taking second place and about 18% of the vote according to official results.1
The ANPP is the household party in the extreme north of Nigeria, primarily due to its mass appeal. It is the strongest opposition party, controlling seven of the nation's thirty-six states. The party's biggest achievement in the 2003 election was its gubernatorial victory in Kano State where it defeated the ruling People's Democratic Party to take control of one of the country's most populous state.
In the 21 April 2007 Nigerian National Assembly election, the party won 62 out of 360 seats in the House of Representatives and 16 out of 109 seats in the Senate.
Following the 2007 election, the ANPP challenged the victory of Umaru Yar'Adua and his People's Democratic Party, although it was announced on June 27, 2007, following talks, that the ANPP had agreed to join Yar'Adua's government. There was reportedly disagreement within the ANPP about the talks.2 Buhari subsequently denounced the idea in a BBC interview and suggested that the decision was only made by part of the party, alleging that they were "just looking for jobs for themselves".3
Political ideology
The ANPP is a right-wing conservative party with mass appeal. The party draws its strength from the predominantly radical region of Northern Nigeria, and strives to maintain the status quo of radical politics in the Nigerian polity.citation needed
Earlier incarnation
There was a party of the same name during the Second Republic, which was banned following the Military Coup of 1984 led by General Buhari.
The current party is a party with the same name but with little or no resemblance or affinity or affiliation to the original ANPP and was created in the last National Election in Nigeria of 1999
References
- ^ "Huge win for Nigeria's Yar'Adua", BBC News, April 23, 2007.
- ^ Tom Ashby, "Nigerian opposition agrees to join government", Reuters (IOL), June 27, 2007.
- ^ "Nigeria opposition move condemned", BBC News, June 28, 2007.
- ANPP USA (cached site from archive.org)
- CIA Factbook - Nigeria
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