As Nigerians plan to wake up to go queue up in the presidential polls today, many will stumble to the shocking \news as the country's electoral body, The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has decided to shift Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections till next week 23 February.
NigerianEye monitored the announcement live at about 2:40 AM today (16th February, 2019)
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 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.
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