INEC postpones elections till Feb 23

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections till next week 23 February.

The Governorship and state assembly elections which was initially slated for 2nd of March     has been shifted to the 9th of March, 2019

The postponement was decided on early today in a crunch talk between between INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu and 12 national commissioners in Abuja, according to sources close to the meeting.


Professor Yakubu will be briefing the media later today on the decision, amidst reports of logistics problems faced by the Commission.

The meeting, which began Friday evening, was still in progress up till 1.30 a.m.
Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press secretary to the INEC chairman told newsmen that the decision of the meeting will be communicated later today and that some decision about the election had been reached.