As a result of a six-day extension of the June 3 deadline for the conduct of political parties’ primaries by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has formally postponed its presidential convention.
National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka, announced this in a statement hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission extended the deadline for party’s to conduct their 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, 2020, to Monday, 6th-Wednesday, 8th of June, 2022.”
INEC announced the extension of the deadline for political parties to conduct their primaries by six days on Friday evening.
The commission had initially announced a deadline of June 3 for the presidential primaries. The extension of the deadline covers the six-day period between June 4 and 9.
Daniel Adejo
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