INEC dismisses rumour of election postponement

ayodele johnson

February 16, 2019 12:21 AM

UPDATE: The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially postponed the presidential and national assembly elections to February 23, 2019 and the Governorship elections to March 9, 2019. Read more here

There are rumours being peddled concerning a plan to postpone the 2019 general elections but the electoral body in Nigeria has denied this.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has asked voters to pay no attention to a rumour concerning a postponement of elections.

This was confirmed on Friday by Mr. Festus Okoye, INEC's National Commissioner for Voter Education and Publicity. It came after reports that members of the electoral body were having a meeting to assess the possibility of pushing the polls to another date.

This appeared to be false according to Okoye who said that, "If stories are flying about, allow the stories to fly. What they are reporting is not true," the spokesperson confirmed to the Daily Post News.

Before the announcement, states such as Abia, Anambra, and Plateau have seen some chaos following the burning of INEC offices in the areas.

The state of security in Nigeria is of importance to foreign election observers that include the African Union. In Ebonyi State, there was a concern about safety since two suspects were reportedly arrested for trying to plant a bomb on a bridge.

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