PRESS STATEMENT BY APC PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COUNCIL ON POSTPONEMENT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL/NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND GUBERNATORIAL/HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS:

WE CONDEMN THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE ELECTIONS, BUT URGE OUR TEEMING SUPPORTERS TO BE PATIENT AND DETERMINED

We have just received with great disappointment and disillusionment the announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of its decision to postpone the Presidential/National Assembly and Gubernatorial/House of Assembly Elections to Saturday, February 23, 2019 and Saturday, March 9, 2019, respectively.

We condemn and deprecate this tardiness of the electoral umpire in the strongest terms possible. President Muhammadu Buhari had since cooperated fully with INEC by ensuring EVERYTHING it demanded to conduct free and fair elections were promptly made available to it. This news is therefore a huge disappointment to us and to our teeming supporters nationwide and around the world, many of whom have come into the country to exercise their franchise.

We do hope that INEC will remain neutral and impartial in this process as the rumor mill is agog with the suggestion that this postponement has been orchestrated in collusion with the main opposition, the PDP, that was NEVER ready for this election. We note that all the major credible demographic projections have predicted a defeat of the PDP and it seriously needed this breather to orchestrate more devious strategies to try and halt President Buhari’s momentum. It did the same as the ruling Party in 2015, when it realized the game was up, by orchestrating the postponement of the 2015 elections by six weeks. Now, it may be up to its old trick again.

We have earlier raised the alarm that the PDP is bent on discrediting this process the moment it realized it cannot make up the numbers to win this election. We are only urging INEC not collude with the PDP on this. We are truly worried because as early as Friday morning, some known PDP Social Media influencers unwittingly announced this postponement, but quickly deleted the message and apologized to the public that it was fake news. We do not want to be forced to a situation of announcing our total loss of confidence in INEC, because we know where that would leave our democracy.

It is in the light of the above that we wish to appeal to Nigerians and our supporters to be patient, calm and resolute despite this temporary setback. Let us not give anyone, especially the PDP, the opportunity to plunge this nation into a crises, which is what they earnestly desire. Its imminent defeat is just a few days away.

Lastly, we wish to draw the attention of INEC and the world to observe that the PDP has clearly and openly said it plans to announce parallel results through some funny device it has procured or developed. We wish to re-iterate that it is ONLY INEC that is legally and constitutionally empowered to declare results and it constitutes an offence for anyone to do so. We urge INEC to SPEAK UP NOW and warn the PDP to desist from this ignoble act that is capable of plunging the nation into a crises of immeasurable proportions.

Thank you

FESTUS KEYAMO, SAN, FCIARB(UK)
Director, Strategic Communications, APC Presidential Campaign Council
(Official Spokesperson).

Source: https://naijapolitico.com.ng/festus-keyamo-condemns-election-postponement/

Nothing can work in this country they had 4 yeas to prepare for this no shaking nothing can change the fact we voting out apc we will wait till next week

bunch of clowns....

just like 2015 if the failed government like make dem postpone the election till May dem go still lose this election.

Only In Nigeria will election be postponed on election day. The INEC chairman is as incompetent as Buhari himself.

Una don cast plenty people wedding. One more week for Zombies and Wailers to continue.

2019 Elections postponed! Over logistics challenges. Till 23rd feb. 2019 Nigeria always confused...... NO FREE AND FAIR ELECTION, APC MAKING THEIR WAYS FOR PERFECT RIGGING. NONSENSE NIGERIA. I still stands for Atiku...

See these ones, abeg make we see road jareh

We already know what's up.

Bunch of Akpa-amu's

Welcome to Nigeria.....Oyibo Foreign Observers

Do you know how much the APC have already spent for rigging?

Even that Nairaland Suya Meat BMC, [/b], waz posted to his own polling unit to intimidate credible voters.

Early congratulations to our incoming president, Atiku Abubakar. Jubril should get ready for Duara.

[b]Like if you're going to Atikulate

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Don't fool us you this APC, Daura straight away.

So this baboon can't write a press statement without targeting PDP in it. All am seeing there is PDP throughout.

We all know its just a gimmick, its a preplanned situation harboured and executed by the APC. So gerra hia with your useless press statement.

After citizens have travelled from far and wide to exercise their franchise. Good four years INEC and the Federal Government can't plan for just a day election.

Sheer indolence!..

Bubu prepared fake PVCs have been discovered, he needs some time more to get them replaced.

Pretenders

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Failed country.

The cost implications of the postponement is another story entirely

What a nation.. Bunch of jokers.

This alone is enough reason to vote Buhari out: also, the Inec chairman should pay with his job. In Japan, prime ministers willingly step down when they realize they cannot deliver. In Nigeria, the devil or someone else is always the culprit, while people exonerate themselves from blame.

If dey like let's them postponed it to next Month I will still vote out that Dementia's candidate of apc for ATIKU to replaced...

They realizes they have LOST d seat already, Inec help them out by moving d date of d election.

They will still LOSS it if they like it or NOT...

Still ATIKULATING......

Mumu party, when GEJ was there, he was the one who requested for the postponement, knowing fully well that INEC wasn't ready. Now the dullard, who doesn't know anything, has been taken unawares, after perfecting his rigging plan. God must disgrace Buhari

Enough time for APC rigging

APC are deceiving themselves....

They will fail woefully any time the election eventually holds...

This one is talking like the postponement wasn't orchestrated in Aso Rock. Mumu

we know the game!!!!
There's this Igbo adage that says ' a man goes into the bush and cut a tree and also come out and ask who's cutting the tree?'

The ruling party still blaming the opposition for this? Strange

Mtcheww... INEC is so incompetent. Nonsense nd buhari

Ok

Ca you Imagine
They even mentioned PDP when its glaring that they are behind the postponement

Apc can pretend, as they are not behind the postpoment

Reverse psychology