APC postpones presidential primary to June 6
The All Progressives Congress has postponed its special convention for presidential primary for the 2023 general elections from May 29 to June 6.
The National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka, announced this in a statement hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) extended the deadline for party primaries.
The short statement read, “Following the Independent National Electoral Commission’s extension of deadline for the submission of list of candidates by political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) hereby postpones its Special Convention for Presidential Primary from Sunday, 29th – Monday, 30th of May, 2022, to Monday, 6th-Wednesday, 8th of June, 2022.”
INEC had announced the extension of the deadline for political parties to conduct their primaries by six days on Friday evening.
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The commission had initially announced a deadline of June 3 from the presidential primaries. The extension of the deadline covers the six-day period between June 4 and 9.
The electoral umpire’s National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, announced this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
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