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Politics of Wednesday, 29 July 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

PDP postpones primary elections in four states, including Ekiti

The Peoples Democratic Party National Chairman, Uche Secondus The Peoples Democratic Party National Chairman, Uche Secondus

The Peoples Democratic Party has postponed its primary elections in four states, including Ekiti State, until further notice.

Alongside Ekiti, the primaries in Niger, Sokoto and Taraba States have also been postponed indefinitely.

This was contained in a letter titled: “Re: Re: Year 2020 Party Congresses in 26 ( Twenty Six) Chapters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Postponement of Party Congresses in Ekiti, Niger, Sokoto and Taraba States” addressed to the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, on Monday, July 27th.

It was signed by the PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus and National Secretary, Senator Umar Tsauri.

In the letter which was received and acknowledged by INEC on Tuesday, the party said it was postponing the primaries in the four states because of “unforeseen circumstances.”

A copy of the letter sighted by our correspondence on Tuesday read in part “Please refer to our earlier letter with reference No: PDP/DOM CF. 2/VolIC/20-094, in which we informed the Commission (INEC) of our Time table and schedule of activities for the completion of the outstanding congresses of our party.

“Due to unforeseen circumstances we are compelled to postpone our planned congresses in the aforementioned states.

“We will communicate to the commission as soon as a new date is fixed.”