NDC deregistration: Only registered political parties have right over logos, PMP not a party – Senator Umeh

The legislator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District, Senator Victor Umeh, has dismissed the claims of the Peace Movement Party (PMP) implicit ownership of the “V for Victory” sign, describing it arsenic a cosmopolitan awesome that cannot beryllium monopolised by an unregistered governmental association.

Umeh, who spoke to journalists, said exclusive rights to governmental enactment names, logos and symbols are conferred lone by instrumentality and regulated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The senator, a chieftain of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), explained that a awesome oregon logo becomes the legally protected spot of a governmental enactment lone aft the enactment has been duly registered by INEC.

“The logo does not beryllium to the PMP due to the fact that it is not a registered governmental party,” Umeh said. “A awesome becomes exclusive to a enactment lone upon ceremonial registration with INEC.”

He added that the “V for Victory” motion is simply a globally recognised awesome that has historically been utilized by leaders including Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Chief Obafemi Awolowo.