The All Progressives Congress has rejected what it described as doomsday prophecies by two British-based institutions about Nigeria’s economy and the 2019 presidential election.

The party’s position was contained in a statement by its acting National Publicity Secretary, YEKINI NABENA, in Abuja.

The statement was the APC’s response to reports by The Economist Intelligence Unit, the research unit of The Economist, and a multinational banking and financial services company, HSBC.

The Economist had in a report by its EIU predicted that the Peoples Democratic Party would win the 2019 presidential election while the HSBC also said the second term of President MUHAMMADU BUHARI would stunt the economy of the country.

But NABENA said the reports were nothing but the usual doomsday prophesies about Nigeria, which had serially proved false, deceptive and unreliable.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has denied a newspaper report quoting its chairman, Professor MAHMOOD YAKUBU as saying the commission may shift the 2019 polls over threats of violence.

The chairman was quoted to have made the remark at the Inter Agency consultative Committee on Election Security, ICCES that took place at the commission’s headquarters.

But the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC chairman, ROTIMI OYEKANMI, said the report which appeared on the front page of the national daily with the headline: “We may shift 2019 polls over threat of violence-INEC” was not a correct reflection of what the chairman said.

Ondo State Governor, OLUSEGUN MIMIKO has announced his decision to contest the 2019 presidency on the platform of the Labour Party.

MIMIKO made the declaration at an event which held at the National Secretariat of the Alhaji ABDULKADIR ABDULSALAM-led LP, in Abuja, today.

Speaking at the event he said there comes a time in the life of a nation where all patriots must stand up to be counted.