The United States-based New York Times
says the postponement of the elections
by the Independent National Electoral
Commission was orchestrated by
President Goodluck Jonathan to frustrate
Maj. Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) of
the All Progressives Congress.
The newspaper, which has won 114
Pulitzer Prizes, further stated that
Jonathan appeared to be afraid of the
increasing popularity of Buhari, who
most Nigerians would likely vote for.
It said this in the editorial of its Monday
edition titled, “Nigeria’s Miserable
Choices”.
The publication said, “Any argument to
delay the vote might be more credible if
President Goodluck Jonathan’s
government had not spent much of the
past year playing down the threat posed
by the militants and if there were a
reasonable expectation that the
country’s weak military has the ability to
improve security in a matter of weeks.
“It appears more likely that Mr. Jonathan
grew alarmed by the surging appeal of
Muhammadu Buhari, a former military
ruler who has vowed to crack down on
Boko Haram. By dragging out the race,
Jonathan stands to deplete his rival’s
campaign coffers while he continues to
use state funds and institutions to
bankroll his own.”
It said INEC’s excuse that elections were
postponed because security forces
wanted to fight insecurity would have
been taken in good faith if Jonathan had
been tackling insecurity effectively since
he took office.
The 164-year-old newspaper said that
Jonathan had become so unpopular that
Nigerians were not afraid of the idea of a
former military dictator returning as
President.
It however said that Jonathan had
become worried about the rising
insecurity and was willing to accept help
from western powers.
The newspaper warned that election
postponement might increase the level
of insecurity rather than reduce it and
that Nigeria’s democracy would not
survive an electoral crisis.
It said, “Beyond security matters,
entrenched corruption and the
government’s inability to diversify its
economy as the price of oil, the country’s
financial bedrock, has fallen and has
also caused Nigerians to look for new
leadership.
“Nigeria, the most populous African
nation, and a relatively young
democracy, cannot afford an electoral
crisis. That would only set back the
faltering efforts to reassert government
control in districts where Boko Haram is
sowing terror.
“The security forces may not be able to
safeguard many districts on Election Day.
But postponement is very likely to make
the security threat worse.”

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Another APC sponsored propaganda.
Jonathan is not in anyway afraid of buhari but only want to ensure dat nobody is disenfranchised and bh is finally laid to rest.
God bless d president!
God bless Nigeria!!
GEJ til 2019

Their opinion... GEJ till 2019!!!

That was you were told

Nigeria always amazes them...

shebi na we we.. let them watch and see.
we would survive the devil or d deep blue sea
pdp or apc

The APC is most likely to win the coming
elections, and Buhari looks increasingly likely to
be the next President. Nigerians are simply tired
of corruption, insecurity and hopelessness.

He is actually trying to see if he can achieve some magical results within the extended period so he can boldly lay claim to making inroads on his wildly publicised failings

It's not his father's house, so he'll leave Aso Rock when we say so. We Nigerians.

Waiting for some Programmed TANoids to tell me how Tinubu owns NY Times

Stories for the gods.


Dr . Goodluck Ebele Jonathan till all foreign media chant FRESH AIR

What doesn't kill GMB, makes APC strong. The postponement is also an avenue to expose more PDP ungodly wicked acts.







Sai Baba
Sai BUHARI..............

Everyone has their own opinion.