The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed the claim by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) that civil servants across several states were being coerced to register for the ruling party's ongoing e-registration exercise.

ADC, in a statement by its national publicity secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi on Sunday, expressed concern over reports, indicating that civil servants and government workers were being coerced, under pressure from the national leadership of APC to register for the ruling party's ongoing e-registration exercise.

But APC, in a statement by its national publicity secretary, Felix Morka, yesterday, said ADC is terrified by the ruling party's massive membership e-registration hence it resorted to that allegation.

Morka said the claim is entirely false and baseless and seeks to cast a shadow over the cutting-edge and path breaking digitisation of APC's membership register.

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"It is a part of ADC's disinformation campaign that included the fabrication and circulation of a fake "APC membership slip", purporting that a notorious terrorist had registered as a member of APC.

"Inspired by visible gains and impact of the Renewed Hope Agenda, millions of Nigerians have registered and continue to register, voluntarily and enthusiastically, as members of our Party, compelling our leadership to yield to popular demand to extend the period of registration from January 31 to February 8, 2026.

"Clearly, the ADC is intimidated by the phenomenal success of our Party's E-Registration exercise, for obvious reasons. However, that cannot justify concocting and spewing lies in an attempt to smear the exercise.

"While the ADC continues to fumble and peddle falsehood, our great Party remains focused on its onward march as Africa's standard-bearer of digital and democratic innovation," he added.