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BREAKING NEWS: Huge Shock In Nigeria, INEC Postpones Presidential Election To 23rd February, 2019

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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. 
 
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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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 The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is considering postponing today’s presidential and national assembly’s elections. 
 
The commission is currently having a meeting with stakeholders. They are made up of, top INEC officials, international and local observers. 
 
Recently the commission has witnessed logistics challenges in many states in the country. Burning of INEC offices and electoral materials by hoodlums are problems which the commission has to fix. 
 
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They say I’m corrupt because I’m successful – Atiku

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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, says some people think he is corrupt just because he is successful. 
 
Speaking in an interview with CNN Africa published on Friday, he reiterated that if he was corrupt, he would have been charged to court or indicted. 
 
He said he had thrown an open challenge to members of the public for anyone with any evidence of corruption against him to present it but so far, nobody had come up with anything. 
 
Asked by the interviewer, “Why do you think your name is linked to corruption?” Atiku said, “I have been successful. Secondly, I have never been charged; I have never been indicted. They are all allegations. And I have asked anybody, I dared people publicly, that is, if anybody has evidence of corruption against me, let him come out.” 
 
“Are you corrupt?” the interviewer asked. 
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“Certainly not; because if I am corrupt, I would have been certainly charged or indicted,” the former Vice-President said. 
 
When he was asked what his views on gender equality was, Atiku responded, “As far as the party is concerned, since our inception, the PDP, we have always given women a quarter in terms of either appointments or election into party offices or in government. 
 
“You know the PDP government, if you look at our record, we have had more women in government than any other government. This is the only government that is not PDP and it has less women in government. In my micro finance bank, I said 80 per cent of the loans should go to women. Why, because if you want to take people out of poverty, empower women.” 
 
Again he was asked, “Insecurity is a big issue in this election. Boko Haram attacks on military bases. The UN says 30,000 Nigerians have fled their villages in the north east in just two days. What are your plans if elected president, to tackle this issue? 
 
Atiku said, “I blame the political leadership for not equipping the military and for not giving them the necessary morale. We will make sure that we have a military that is professionally competent and professionally effective and also conditions of service that can take care of themselves and also their families. Unfortunately, that is developed. I think that has brought down the morale of the military. 
 
“How will you be different? the interviewer asked. 
 
Atiku said, “We have to make sure that the military is very well equipped, very well trained and we also review the conditions of service particularly of the lower cadre who sacrifice their lives for all of us to live.”

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Number of PVCs exceeds total registered voters in Oyo

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The number of Permanent Voter Cards in Oyo State is 28,539 higher than the number of registered voters in the state. 
 
While the aggregate of available PVCs is 2,962,646, the number of registered voters stands at 2,934,107. 
 
A record obtained by our correspondent from the Independent National Electoral Commission’s office in Ibadan, the state capital, on Thursday showed that 2,176,352 PVCs had been collected. 
 
But the commission’s Head of Publicity in the state, Mr Olayiwola Awolowo, explained the causes of the discrepancy in the figures. 
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Awolowo explained that some of the owners of the uncollected PVCs are dead, while others had transferred their details to their new locations. 
 
He also stated that non-sensitive materials had been distributed to INEC offices across the local government areas in the state. 
 
He said sensitive materials were at the Central Bank branch in the state, adding that they would be distributed at the appropriate time. 
 
Awolowo said, “The total number of uncollected PVCs is 786,294 while 2 176,352 PVCs have been collected. 
 
“The total number of registered voters is 2,934,107. The difference in the figures of the PVCs and registered voters is because some owners of the uncollected PVCs are dead while some have been transferred. 
 
“All the sensitive materials have been distributed to the INEC offices across the state. As for the sensitive materials, they are still with the CBN. We will call party agents and journalists to witness the distribution of the materials as soon as we are ready.” 
 
Awolowo stated further that all INEC offices in the state had been secured against attacks by security agents, adding that the commission was fully prepared for the Saturday presidential and National Assembly elections. 
 
He said 946 card readers were available as backup for those that might malfunction during the exercise, adding that 1,607 new polling units had been created across the state to ease the process. 
 
The spokesman restated INEC’s position that voters would not be allowed to enter voting cubicles with their smartphones in order to prevent them from taking pictures of ballot papers after casting their votes. 
 
He added that any individual found with between N100,000 and N200,000 around polling booths would be considered to be attempting to buy votes.