Five hours before voting was to commence, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)—after an emergency meeting—announced at around 3am local time that the 2019 Nigerian elections, originally scheduled to be held on Saturday February 16,2019 have been postponed.
February 23 is the new date for the
presidential and parliamentary elections, which will be followed by
elections for governorships on March09,2019
Both the ruling party and its primary
opposition have condemned the decision by the INEC, accusing each other
of attempting electoral manipulation.
This Nigerian election—the largest
democratic exercise in Africa—comes four years after the first peaceful
transition of power in 2015, when the then incumbent Jonathan Goodluck
from the centre-right People’s Democratic Party (PDP) conceded defeat to
Muhammadu Buhari from the centre-left All Progressive Congress (APC).
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