The All Progressives Congress has postponed its special convention for its presidential primary for the 2023 general elections from May 29 to June 6.
This was announced in a statement late on Friday by the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka.
The announcement came hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission extended the deadline for parties to conduct their primaries.
Morka said in the terse statement: “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.”
The INEC in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, announced the deadline extension in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
The decision followed a meeting between leaders of various political parties and the leadership of INEC, led by its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.