The All
Progressives Congress, APC has allegedly been threatened with a lawsuit by the
Rex Institute, for reportedly plagiarizing its ‘Next Level’ Logo.
This is
coming after former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri,
disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari and his campaign organization “stole”
the logo from a thesis authored by Kelly Costner, an Associate Professor of
Winthrop University in South Carolina, USA.
In the letter
dated November 19, 2018 and addressed to the National Legal Adviser at 40
Blantyre Cres. Wuse 2 Abuja Nigeria, the APC were told to immediately stop any
use of the logo and make every effort to recall and destroy all materials which
have already been disseminated.
The letter
obtained by Daily Post reads;
“Dear Sir
Without prejudice, it has come to our attention that the All Progressives
Congress Party of Nigeria has stolen the intellectual property right of our
client, The Rex Institute.
“As you can see from the
attached visuals, the logo your Party has just unveiled and which is being
promoted by the Leader of the Party and the President of Nigeria on his Twitter
feed is a direct copy of that of our client, with just a small colour change in
the arrow.
“However, every other
element from the name, font and design is identical. In fact, in my entire
legal career, I have never seen such a blatant piece of plagiarism.
“We, therefore, demand that
you immediately cease and desist in any use of the logo and make every effort
to recall and destroy all materials which have already been disseminated.
“Failure to do so within 7
days will leave our client with no other option but to seek full legal redress
via the Nigerian Courts. I look forward to your immediate reply. Yours
faithfully Sue Lavache Attorney at Law.”
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