APC Puts Tinubu, 2023 Hopefuls In Suspense With Indefinite Suspension Of Congresses

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed its congresses from ward to national level, indefinitely and by that putting 2023 permutations of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and other contenders in suspense.

The indefinite postponement was conveyed in a letter dated July 6, 2021, and addressed to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The letter was signed on behalf of the party by the Chairman and Secretary of the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Governor Mai Mala Buni and Senator John James Akpanudoedehe.

The letter read in part:

“We refer to our letter reference number APC/NHDQ/INEC/19/021/20, dated 10, June, 2021, on the above subject and wish to inform the Commission that the party has rescheduled its congresses and national convention to a later date which will be communicated to you.

“This serves as a formal notification pursuant to the provisions of section 85 of the Electoral Act (2010) as amended.

“While hoping to receive your cooperation, please, accept the assurance of my highest esteem,” the party said.

The APC had recently issued a timetable and schedule of activities that showed that the congresses were to commence with the sale of nomination forms for the ward congress from 1st and end by 7th of July, 2021.

The party had in the notice issued by the party’s Director of Organization, Professor Al-Mustapha Ussiju Medaner, also fixed the inauguration of Ward/LGA Congress Screening/Screening Appeal Committees for 10th of July 2021.

While Ward Congress was billed for 24th of July, Local Government Congress 14th of August 2021 and the state congress was slated for September 18, 2021.

The indefinite postponement according to political analysts may have put the permutations of its 2023 potential contenders in suspense. Among those who have been drumming for an early convention are the many supporters of the presidential aspiration of Asiwaju Tinubu who see the election of new principal officers of the party as a first step in their bid for the presidential ticket.

The development is bound to unsettle the camp as it throws their projections in jeopardy.

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