Nigerians woke up to a ludicrous treat by INEC chairman this morning. At almost the blast of the voting gun for presidential and national assembly elections, announcement of the postponement by the INEC chairman descended like a freezing dew over the polity. Like most things in this country, it wafted out initially as a now routine mischievous rumour in the early hours of the day. Earliest commentators easily dismissed it as so but the narrative grew stronger until people watched the broadcast straight from the chairman himself.

Within 10minutes, the press briefing was over; almost flippantly and perfunctorily citing logistics as the alibi for the postponement. The anatomy of that logistical impediment he did not reveal in the press conference. Less than a couple of hours later, reactive statements were issued by the major political parties billed to slug it out in the polls. Interestingly and intriguingly, each of them not only blamed INEC but traded mutual conspiratorial accusations against the commission. Particularly disturbing is the claim of no fore knowledge by agents and functionaries of the ruling party and the presidency. They would like to have us believe that they learnt of the report in the same manner the rest of the masses did. Everyone now claims or feigns prior ignorance about that sordid development.

It's doubtful if the INEC chairman really appreciates the rippling import of that announcement. It doesn't seem like he understands the magnitude of what he has done or made to do. He probably doesn't realise that the sanctity and validity of that polls have been violated irredeemably. Though largely unprovable or indeterminable, the outcome of the polls may never be the same again eventually. The electoral fates of some of the candidates would have been altered. It will be impossible to maintain and sustain voters' demographics given the suddenness and proximity of the development to the exercise. In the couple of days leading up to the supposed election, there had been massive cross movements and temporary migrations of the voting population just to exercise their franchise. Surely and expectedly, most of them will return to their bases and may not undertake another uncertain travel in a week's time. We have to remember that several States of the federation declared public holidays a day before the shifted polls just to allow concerned voters travel if necessary.

It will be mind boggling to estimate the wasted man hours and the loss to the economy this postponement has or will cause. As people shuttle back to their places of domicile, anyone can guess that preponderance of them won't go back to vote the coming week. Recall too that international observers had already flown into the country to observe the polls' proceedings. I wonder how they will be appeased and supported to wait in the country for another pregnant week or to fly back home and return at a later rescheduled date.

Is this a mischief or miscue by INEC?...opinions will certainly remain polarised or divided depending on commentator's bias. But either way, it once again reveals one thing: the constitutional callousness or crass ineptitude of the blackman. If mischief is involved, it means that the perpetrators have no scintilla of sympathy or empathy for the travails of the country and her citizenry. It's very likely that this will at least dent the nation's economic growth forecast. Of a truth, the impact cannot be accurately quantified. Were it to be easy, it's better not to even think about it or bother about the computation. The confidence in the electoral commission has been made inexorably tenuous, and for some, it may have snapped completely.

Was it simply a frank miscue?...very possible but the commission should then be constrained to contend with lugubrios incompetence and dense ineptitude. They had planned this exercise for over 3years, reassuring Nigerians of their readiness at every prompt. And if indeed they had good reasons for the shift, why did it take them almost the last hour to realise their damaging unreadiness and consequently make the postponement announcement? Why couldn't the INEC chairman appraise their state of preparedness at least 3days before the event's kick-off? If the postponement news came up some 3days earlier, it would have been more understandable or rationalizable. There wouldn't have been any public holidays and not many voting related travels would have been prevented.

It's very difficult to find a soothing or placating justification for the action of INEC. The public might never get to know the real reason(s) but whatever it is still puts the commission and their chairman in a despicable and ignominious turf. It still leaves a sour taste in the mouths of many. However one would love to look at it, the reason swings from malicious mischief and crass incompetence or somewhere inbetween. The blackman indeed has a terrible albatross. It seems to a congenital and transmissible affliction....so shameful!

atiku to be swear in and declared president from Ghana.

with the postponement of the presidential election by INEC at the elevenths hour it has attracted negative feelings from both local and international community that the election wouldn't have been in favor of the incumbent president if it were to proceed.


although everyone can sense that it was only a bid to buy more time to plan and perfect the election rigging, also with the fact that IPOB called off the election boycott at a die minute.


the new date slated for the election will cause a lot of surprises and irregularities to steal the mandate and wishes of the people which would be witness by the international community. the election would be regarded as biased and unacceptable in totality.


Atiku would declared himself the president elect and backed by a lot of Nigerians both within and in diaspora.

this will give him international backing to be swear in as the authentic president elect from Ghana.

Atiku would give buhari few times to accept defeat and surrender or he would ordered the international military NETO to capture buhari.

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APC don't want the international community to witness the election. they want to create a kind of situation where they have to go back to their various country. and that is the truth.

they are afraid of the presence of the international community election observers. but in doing so they have put themselves in bad light.