Action Congress of Nigeria

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Nigerian political party political party

Action Congress of Nigeria was a major Nigerian opposition political party known for its strong base in the southwest and its advocacy for progressive, pro-democracy reforms before merging into the All Progressives Congress (APC).

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Action Congress	1
All Nigeria Peoples Party	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nigerian political party ⓘ political party ⓘ
advocacy	anti-corruption ⓘ democratic consolidation ⓘ electoral reform ⓘ federalism ⓘ good governance ⓘ rule of law ⓘ
contestedElection	Fourth Republic of Nigeria ⓘ surface form: 2007 Nigerian general election 2011 Nigerian general election ⓘ
country	Nigeria ⓘ
dissolved	2013 ⓘ
formedFrom	Advance Congress of Democrats ⓘ Alliance for Democracy ⓘ Justice Party ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Abuja ⓘ
ideology	pro-democracy ⓘ progressivism ⓘ
mergedInto	All Progressives Congress ⓘ
mergerDate	2013 ⓘ
mergerPartner	All Nigeria Peoples Party ⓘ Congress for Progressive Change ⓘ faction of All Progressives Grand Alliance ⓘ
notableLeader	Adams Oshiomhole ⓘ Bisi Akande ⓘ Bola Tinubu ⓘ surface form: Bola Ahmed Tinubu Kayode Fayemi ⓘ Lai Mohammed ⓘ Nuhu Ribadu ⓘ Rauf Aregbesola ⓘ
opposedParty	People's Democratic Party ⓘ
politicalPosition	centre-left ⓘ
predecessor	Action Congress of Nigeria self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Action Congress
presidentialCandidate	Atiku Abubakar ⓘ Nuhu Ribadu ⓘ
regionOfInfluence	Western Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Southwest Nigeria
representedIn	National Assembly of Nigeria ⓘ House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Nigerian House of Representatives Senate of Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Nigerian Senate various State Houses of Assembly ⓘ
role	opposition party ⓘ
shortName	ACN ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
stronghold	Ekiti State ⓘ Lagos State ⓘ Ogun State ⓘ Ondo State ⓘ Osun State ⓘ Oyo State ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

All Progressives Congress → formedByMergerOf → Action Congress of Nigeria ⓘ

this entity surface form: All Nigeria Peoples Party

Oluremi Tinubu → memberOf → Action Congress of Nigeria ⓘ

Bola Tinubu → memberOfPoliticalParty → Action Congress of Nigeria ⓘ

Bola → memberOfPoliticalParty → Action Congress of Nigeria ⓘ

subject surface form: Bola Tinubu

Action Congress of Nigeria → predecessor → Action Congress of Nigeria self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Action Congress