APC reschedules presidential primaries, others

The ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC), has adjusted its timetable for its presidential, governorship, senatorial, House of Representatives and state assembly primaries.

The APC National Publicity Secretary, Barr Felix Morka, on Wednesday in Abuja said that the presidential primaries earlier slated for May 30, 31 and June 1, would now hold on May 29 and 30, 2022.

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He said the governorship and House of Representatives primaries will hold on the 26th of May, 2022 while the senatorial and House of Assembly primary polls would hold on the 27th of May, 2022.

He said, “Just today (Wednesday), the NWC has made and approved a revised timetable schedule of activities for House of Assembly, National Assembly, governorship primaries and appeals that arise from that.

“The election appeals for governorship and the House of Representatives will now take place on Friday, the 27th of May 2022, while the appeals for the Senate and House of Assembly primaries will take place on Saturday the 28th of May 2022.

“The special convention and presidential primary will now take place between Sunday the 29th and Monday the 30th of May 2022.”

Morka said the mode of primaries would be contained in the guidelines to be issued by the party. He, however, said zoning has not been decided when asked to state the position of the party.