The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Felix Morka has revealed that the presidential primary of the party has been rescheduled and is now scheduled to hold on May 29th, 2022 on the same day as the opposition PDP.
Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the party had earlier scheduled its primary to hold between May 30 and June 1, 2022.
The party spokesperson disclosed this while addressing journalists on Wednesday after the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party.
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“Our special convention on presidential primaries will now take place between Sunday 29th May to Monday 30th of May 2022.”
The party spokesperson also revealed that the mode of primary to elect the presidential candidate of the party would be made known in the guidelines that would be made available by the party.
Morka noted that the NWC has also approved a revised timetable schedule of activities for the House of Assembly, National Assembly, and Governorship primaries.
Morka added that the election appeals for governorship and the House of Representatives would take place on Friday, 27th May 2022, while the appeals for the Senate and House of Assembly primaries would take place on Saturday, May 28, 2022.
He stressed that the leadership of the party has not taken any decision as regards the zoning of the presidential ticket of the party.
Meanwhile, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said that he won the 2019 Presidential election but was robbed of the mandate by the All Progressive Congress (APC).
He alleged that the APC denied him. the mandate given to him by voters in 2019 using the power of incumbency and the instrument of the Federal Government.
‘Under no circumstance will that be allowed to repeat itself again in the 2023 elections should the party give me the mandate to contest,’ he said.
The Waziri Adamawa was speaking to Kaduna PDP delegates at the party Secretariat on Tuesday night.
