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All Progressives Congress (APC), has dismissed the report that it is pushing for a postponement of the 2023 general elections.
Describing the report as blatantly false, reckless without any iota of credibility, the ruling party declared that it is very much ready for the poll.
The statement signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, warned that the media should not speculate on crucial matters of extreme national importance bordering on national security and corporate integrity of the country.
“Our attention has been drawn to a shadowy media report in some media outlets that the APC 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,” the statement read.
Reacting further, the ruling party wrote: “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, Bola Tinubu, his running mate, 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 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.
“We stand ready for the general election, and remain confident that Nigerians will overwhelmingly renew our mandate in a peaceful, free and credible electoral contest,” the party noted in the statement.
