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APC shifts presidential primaries to June 6-8

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed its special convention for the primaries of the 2023 presidential election.

The special convention which was earlier fixed for May 29 to 30, 2022, has now been slated for June 6 to 8, 2022.

The postponement was disclosed via a statement issued by the APC Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, in the early hours of Saturday.

The statement was titled, ‘APC special convention for presidential primary postponed.’

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Morka stated that the postponement followed the extension of the deadline for the submission of the list of candidates by political parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

“Following the Independent National Electoral Commission’s extension of deadline for the submission of list of candidates by political parties, the All Progressives Congress hereby postpones its special convention for presidential primary from Sunday, 29 – Monday, 30 May, 2020 to Monday, 6 – Wednesday, 8 June, 2022,” the statement read.

The Star

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