INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION, INEC POSTPONES 2015 ELECTTIONS

There has been anxiety in the country as Nigerians wait for the Independent National Electoral Commission to speak on whether it will go ahead with its earlier timetable or pick new dates for the elections.

The earlier dates indicated that the Presidential and National Assembly elections are to be held on February 14 while the governorship and State House of Assembly elections are to follow two weeks later.

PRESS ROOM, ABUJA

According to The Cable’s live coverage of the press event yesterday night, at the press briefing room Abuja headquarters, filled with journalists, The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has postponed the 2015 general elections to March 28 for presidential and National Assembly elections and April 11 for governorship and state House of Assembly elections.

PRESS BRIEFING ROOM

This was announced by the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega at a press briefing room where he addressed at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja after marathon meetings with various groups and state-holders.

PROF. ATTAHIRU JEGA, INEC CHAIR.

According to Prof. Attahiru, the postponement of the elections is informed by security concerns raised by the security agencies and the insistence of the military that it would not be able to provide the traditional support they usually give the Police and other security agency involved in providing security for elections.