The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed the kick-off of its Presidential Campaign indefinitely.
This was announced by the APC’s Presidential Campaign Council.
The Campaign which was slated to begin Wednesday, 28th September, 2022 will take a pause due to some inner party issues.
Director-General, of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong disclosed this in a statement Tuesday.
According to him, the adjustment of the timetable and schedule of activities is in order to accommodate growing interests showing by various political tendencies in being party of the campaign council.
In his statement, he said that a new date for the kick-off would be announced soon.
Governor Lalong stated that the adjustment was in order to accommodate growing interests showing by various political tendencies in being party of the campaign council.
The statement reada; “Recall that we had earlier earmarked a peace walk and prayers for Wednesday, September 28, 2022, to officially kick-off our campaigns for the 2023 Presidential Elections.
We had also announced that the members of the Campaign Council report at the Campaign Headquarters on that day to collect their letters of appointments.
“However, due to the expansion of the list to accommodate more stakeholders and interests within the APC family, we have decided to adjust the time-table of these activities in order to ensure everyone is on board before activities officially commence.
Consequently, the activities earlier announced for the 28th of September will no longer hold.
As the ruling and most attractive party in Nigeria, we understand the sacrifices and understanding of our teeming members who are more than willing to volunteer themselves for this great task ahead.
It also shows the enormous love that the party members have for our candidates
“A new date and time-table of events will be announced soon”.
Many on Twitter have however opined that the postponement was due to rumours that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the Presidential Candidate of APC, has underlying health issues, therefore making him unfit to begin campaigns immediately.