Sam-Sumana Receives Backdated APC Membership Card, Clearing Path for Flagbearer Bid

Former Vice President Chief Samuel Sam-Sumana has officially received his All People’s Congress (APC) party membership card, backdated to September 2020.

The handover formally reinstates his status and qualifies him to contest the party’s upcoming flagbearer election.

The card was issued on Tuesday following a directive from the Political Parties Regulation Commission (PPRC). The commission’s ruling, delivered in late December 2025, affirmed that Sam-Sumana’s readmission to the APC during a National Advisory Committee meeting on September 8, 2020, was legitimate and continuous.

This clarification resolves a longstanding dispute over his eligibility. The PPRC ordered the APC to correct his membership record to reflect the 2020 date, rather than 2023, confirming he has met the party’s constitutional requirement of five consecutive years of membership to run for its top position.