The ruling All Progressives, APC, is pushing for the postponement of the 2023 general elections by a minimum of four weeks.

According to a report by Independent, the move is being spearheaded by the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai.

The Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council, Independent said, has rejected the move, saying anyone seeking a shift in the date of the elections is an enemy of Nigeria.

The source, who confirmed the plot to ex­tend the general elections, said it may be due to the protests and hardship being witnessed as a result of the naira and fuel scarcity, which has forced some candidates and parties to suspend their campaigns.

“The APC is seeking a post­ponement of the election by four weeks and the move is led by Governor Nasir El-Rufai. I think it has to do with the current chaos being experi­enced as a result of the naira and fuel scarcity”.

Daniel Bwala, a spokesperson of the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, while reacting to the move said anyone thinking of postponing the election doesn’t mean well for Nigeria.

“All those who are thinking of postponing the election never mean well for Nigeria and they never mean well for our democracy. They have no­ticed that the naira redesign policy has put them in a tight corner and they needed to buy time to wriggle their way through. They went to court to challenge the policy and the 10 days extension given by the president is coming to an end.

“When they went to court, the 10 days granted to them before the hearing of that case would have been over. With that, their matter will become academic. So, they are now seeking to extend the election by four weeks so that within this period, they will go and get ‘black market’ order from anywhere that will now say that their case is sus­pended”.

Meanwhile, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed optimism that nothing will interfare with the election as scheduled, adding that the interntional communities are much concerned about the election.

Obasanjo spoke at  his Hilltop Mansion at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, OOPL, while playing host to Board of Trustees of the African Democratic Congress, ADC.