The All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked the reports that the Federal Government and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have concluded plans to postpone the 2023 general election.

The APC said the alleged statement by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the forthcoming polls would be postponed is false, urging Nigerians to “ignore this senseless conjecture from PDP as there is no iota of truth in the allegation.”

The ruling party said this via a statement issued on Friday by the Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga.

Onanuga stated: “The electoral umpire has made it abundantly clear of its readiness to conduct the elections and these elections will hold as scheduled in February and March this year.

“President Muhammadu Buhari who has given this country the most credible elections both regular and off season since 2015 has consistently assured Nigerians, even up to two days ago that 2023 elections will hold.

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“Similarly the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has reiterated President Buhari’s position that the Federal Government has no intention to postpone elections.

“Knowing that it has no path to victory and no real agenda for development to sell to Nigerians by its absentee presidential candidate, PDP has nothing profitable again to engage in other than raising false alarms, manufacturing outright lies and disseminating innuendos to deceive the public.

“PDP should know that Nigerians have rejected it and no amount of falsehood can redeem a political party that wrecked our economy, under its watch, created massive insecurity and looted money meant for development.

“If we go by what the party’s presidential candidate has been saying, no lesson about the ignoble past has been learnt as he has promised to sell the NNPC Limited assets for just $10 billion, the way he sold prime national assets for peanuts under his care.

“As a party and presidential campaign council, we are focused on the message of renewed hope of our candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima.

“We shall also continue to tell Nigerians about the achievements of the APC-led Federal Government of President Muhammadu Buhari across sectors especially in areas of the infrastructural development, agricultural revolution and food security, rebuilding of our armed forces with sophisticated hardware, and reforms in the oil and gas sector, among others,” the spokesperson of the APC Presidential Campaign Council said.

The Star