The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed its special convention for presidential primary for the 2023 general elections from May 29 to June 6.
Its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, announced this in a statement hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) extended the deadline for party’s to conduct their primaries.
The 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, 2020, 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.
Although, the commission had earlier 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.
