In a move to pacify aggrieved State governors, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has suspended the inauguration of its 422-man campaign council earlier fixed for today, Wednesday.
Plateau State Governor and Director-General, Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Simon Lalong, disclosed this in an issued statement yesterday.
A party source told newsmen that the decision was taken to pacify aggrieved governors whose nominees were missing on the list that was released at the weekend. According to the source: “The APC Presidential Campaign Council got the hint that some of them are threatening to stay away from Wednesday’s event to openly register their displeasure”.
Recall that the Director of Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga, in an issued statement on Monday, assured the governors that their nominees would ultimately make the list. “The council also assures our esteemed governors that the secretariat of the council has not jettisoned the names submitted by them”, he had said.
In the statement yesterday, the Plateau State governor said Wednesday’s inauguration was cancelled “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”.
The statement further read in part: “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 to the campaign headquarters on that day to collect their letters of appointment.
“However, due to the expansion of the list to accommodate more stakeholders and interests within the APC family, we have decided to adjust the timetable 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 timetable of events will be announced soon”, it stated.
