Published On: Tue, Sep 25th, 2018
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APC Shifts Presidential Primary Again
By Sadiq Umar – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has again rescheduled its Presidential primary election to hold on September 28.
APC National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, who announced this in a statement on Monday, said the shift was to avoid a clash with date for the run-off governorship in Osun state scheduled for September 27.
This is the third time the party would be postponing its presidential primary having earlier been rescheduled from September 20 to September 25 and to September 27.
"In view of the Osun governorship re-run election which has been scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, by INEC, the APC has now rescheduled the presidential primary election to Sept. 28.," Mr. Nabena stated.
"This is to avoid a clash in dates with the Osun governorship re-run election and to enable all registered party members in all 36 states of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) participate in the exercise," he further stated.