Nigeria, May 22 -- The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed its governorship primaries in Kwara and Bauchi states to Friday, according to a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka.

The party also rescheduled the State House of Assembly primaries for Maradun I and Maradun II constituencies in Zamfara State to Sunday.

In the statement issued on Thursday from the APC National Secretariat in Abuja, Mr Morka said the decision was approved by the National Working Committee (NWC) following consultations with stakeholders.

The decision, he said, was taken "in furtherance of the party's commitment to ensuring a transparent, orderly, peaceful and credible primary election process."

In Kwara State, the postponement ca...