The National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South South, Ntufam Hilliard Etta has said that the party primaries billed for Sunday has been moved to Monday, 1 October 2018.
Eta explained that late arrival of the 7-man action committee necessitated the postponement.
The APC boss denied that he was frustrating the process by allowing some persons to hijack materials.
Etta said when the committee members arrived the state, they had to pay courtesy calls on some security outfits including the Police, the Department of State Security and other security outfits.
“I have heard the allegation that I have connived to hijack election materials. Let me assure all our members that nothing is farther from the truth. We have just returned from visits to security services and INEC and the materials are in the custody of the Ali Magaji committee.
“The materials will be distributed and by tomorrow, election will commence in all the 196 wards in the state,” he said.