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John Odigie-Oyegun, All Progressives
Congress National Chairman
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The All Progressives Congress (APC)
has called on Nigerians to remain calm and peaceful in the face of the
“provocative” decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
to shift the dates of the general election.
In statement by the party’s national
chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, the APC said it would soon meet to take a
decision on the way forward.
The full text:
The All Progressives Congress, APC
has just heard over the news media that The Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) has decided to postpone the elections by six weeks on the
strength of a letter by the security chiefs that they cannot provide security
for the elections nationwide because of the commitment of its resources to
fight insurgency in the north eastern part of the country.
This is clearly a major setback for
Nigerian democracy, and our Party is meeting in emergency session to study its
implications and will inform Nigerians of its decisions in the next few days.
In the meantime though what has
happened is highly provocative, I strongly appeal to all Nigerians to remain
calm and desist from violence and any activity which will compound this
unfortunate development.
We must not fall into this obvious trap. Change
we must. They can only delay it; No one can stop it. I want to assure all
Nigerians that the All Progressives Congress will not abandon its commitment to
change and will sustain the struggle to establish a new Nigeria.
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