The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it is not behind the push for the postponement of the coming general elections.
There are suggestions that there is a plot to have the election being postponed, using the lingering fuel crisis and new Naira notes scarcity as a script.
A statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by the APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, however described the reports that it is discreetly pushing for postponement of the polls as false and reckless.
He described the speculation as a figment of imagination of those peddling it.
He said, “Our attention has been drawn to a shadowy report in some media outlets that the All Progressives Congress is pushing for a postponement of the 2023 general elections.
“The report is blatantly false and reckless, and bears no iota of credibility. Beyond its loud headline, the report offers no substantive justifying content aside from its intended purpose of misleading and causing needless anxiety and speculations regarding the upcoming elections. Our general election is matter of extreme national importance bordering on national security and corporate integrity of our country. It is not and should not become a matter for idle, rash or insensitive speculation by the media or any institution for that matter. It bears reiterating that the underlying report is fake news.
“On record, under President Muhammadu Buhari’s leadership, our Party continues to wage the most extensive and vibrant campaign in the history of our nascent democracy seeking to elect our visionary Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, his running mate, Sen. Kashim Shettima and our Party’s governorship, national and state legislative flag bearers into office. This is in direct contrast to the lackluster and incoherent campaign of the opposition parties that have placed nothing before the electorate except their vile merchandise of lies, innuendoes and hate propaganda against the APC.
“President Muhammadu Buhari has left no one in doubt as to his unshakable commitment to bequeathing a befitting legacy of credible, free and fair election, and has enacted unprecedented electoral reform and innovation that has placed our country in good stead to deliver 2023 general election and bolster our democratic consolidation.”
