Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has decided to postpone Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections till next week 23 February.
It was one of the decisions reached early today in a crunch talk 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 chief press secretary to the INEC chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, told newsmen that the decision of the meeting will be communicated later today and that some decision about the election had been reached.