Nigeria: Election Will Not Hold If INEC Chairman Resigns, Shittu Replies Oshiomhole

19 February 2019

Ibadan — Minister of Communications, Mr. Adebayo Shittu, yesterday said the call for the resignation of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, over the postponement of the general election, is unfair and unacceptable.

He also said if the chairman of the electoral umpires resigns, it may affect the conduct of the rescheduled general election next Saturday.

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