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INEC chairman meets with foreign election observers seeking credible polls

The chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has welcomed a group of foreign election observers who paid him a visit to ask to be a partner in the 2019 polls.

A credible election free of violence is the interest of many as balloters prepare to head down to polling stations . [Twitter/INEC Nigeria].

This is in pursuit of a credible election that must be free of violence.

On Thursday, February 14, 2019, Birtukan Midekssa, the Chairperson of the National Election Board of Ethiopia was among the guests who made a stop at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission.

The 45-year-old former judge was "accompanied by a team from the European Centre for Electoral Support," reads a post from INEC's Twitter page.

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All hands are needed on deck in Nigeria where INEC has suffered a deliberate destruction of its assets.

The places affected include Plateau, Abia and Anambra states. INEC confirmed in many reports that 4,695 Smart Card Readers are missing following fire at the latter.

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