APC ‘Next Level’ Logo: Rex Institute Gives APC 7 Days To Cease And Desist In Any Use Of The Logo

For allegedly plagiarizing its Logo, Rex Institute has threatened a court action against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

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This was contained in a letter addressed to the National Legal Adviser at 40 Blantyre Cres. Wuse 2 Abuja Nigeria and dated November 19 2018.

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Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, came up, few hours after the launch of President Buhari’s campaign plans for the 2019 presidential election, with a claim that President Muhammadu Buhari and his campaign organization stole the Next Level logo from a thesis authored by Kelly Costner, an Associate Professor of Winthrop University in South Carolina, USA.

Since then, the report has generated a lot of controversies and the Institute has now threatened to take the ruling party (APC) to court.

The letter reads, “Dear Sir Without prejudice, it has come to our attention that the All Progressives Congress (APC) 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.”