Nigeria: INEC Postpones Elections

16 February 2019

Hours before voting commenced this morning in long-scheduled presidential and National Assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced this morning that it is postponing the elections due to logistics issues. An announcement in the wee hours of today said the election will now hold on Saturday next week, February 23.

The INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, who briefed the press at 2:30am today said: "The INEC met on Friday 15th Feb. 2019 and reviewed its preparations for the 2019 general elections scheduled for Saturday, 16th Feb. 2019 and Saturday 2nd March 2019. Following a careful review of the implementation of its logistics and operational plan, and the determination to conduct free, fair and credible elections, the commission came to the conclusion that proceeding with the elections as scheduled is no longer feasible.

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