Nigeria’s main opposition, the All Progressives Congress, APC, on
Sunday announced the postponement of its House of Assembly primaries
scheduled for Monday, 1 December 2014 across the nation.
The shift
in date is as a mark of respect for those who were killed in Friday’s
terrorist attack in a mosque in Kano, and in sympathy with those who
were injured or affected one way or the other by the attack the party
called senseless.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its
National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the
House of Assembly primaries will now hold on Tuesday, December 2, 2014.
“All the dates for other primaries remain unchanged,” it said.
APC
described the attack as a monumental national tragedy, saying the party
cannot be oblivious to the plight of the victims of the absolutely
condemnable and totally incomprehensible attack on defenseless citizens
in such a hallowed place as a mosque.
In an earlier statement, the
party had condemned, in the strongest terms possible, the attack on the
innocent worshipers and vowed that terrorism will never prevail no
matter how long it takes.
It also urged all citizens to
demonstrate the Nigerian spirit of compassion and strength of character
by providing succor and support to one another.
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