Nigeria: 2019 Presidential Poll - At Last, Nigerians Elect President

23 February 2019

After putting behind them the disappointment of the abrupt postponement of the presidential and National Assembly elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), few hours to the exercise last Saturday, Nigerians go to the poll today to elect either a brand new President or give the incumbent a renewed mandate of another four years,  Olajide Omojolomoju looks at the indices that would come to play in the presidential poll, even as he tips President Muhammadu Buhari to win, but with a slim margin

Like a bolt from the blues in a move that caught every stakeholder unawares, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in the early hours of Saturday, February 16, announced the inevitable postponement of the presidential and National Assembly elections, citing logistics inadequacies.

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