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We won’t postpone 2015 polls – INEC

on January 06, 2015 / in News 7:43 pm / Comments

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*Says security situation ‘ll determine whether to involve Adamawa, Borno, Yobe states

By Joseph Erunke

ABUJA – IN what appeared like a direct response to Sunday last week’s call by Pastor Tunde Bakare, founder of Later Rain Assembly that the 2015 general elections be put on hold for six months due to current security situation in the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Tuesday, said it would not postpone the elections.

This was even as the Inspector General of Police, Sulieman Abba, warned politicians in the country against heating up the polity through their negative utterances, saying the police under his leadership would not hesitate to deal with political actors who flout the electoral rules as stipulated in the Electoral Act. He said nobody was above the law.

Both INEC and the police through the Inspector General, spoke in Abuja, at a workshop for the training of security agencies ahead of the general elections.

INEC, which gave the assurance of going ahead with the elections, also said funding was not a problem in conducting the polls.

Dr Ishmaeal Igbani, Chairman, INEC Electoral Training Institute, who spoke on behalf of the commission, said INEC was fully ready to conduct the 2015 elections, just as he said the commission was comfortable with the fund it has at its disposal at the moment.
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‎”Anytime there is election in Nigeria, there is always some form of tension. I have been around for a while, I don’t think it is something new. I don’t think people should be afraid. But it is also essential that we get ready just in case.

“It is also very important that we have peaceful elections, it is also important that voters come out to vote without fear. It is also important that the personnel who will work for us and the environment itself is peaceful and for it to be peaceful, it is important for the security agencies to be alert and ensure that they do what they are supposed to do,” he said.

Don't postpone GEJ's doom day o....
teamGMB.

obiZEAL:
Don't postpone GEJ's doom day o....
teamGMB.

Pls, i just wanna ask, wen is this elections precicely?

macklef:
Pls, i just wanna ask, wen is this elections precicely?

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macklef:
Pls, i just wanna ask, wen is this elections precicely?

#feBUHARI 14

macklef:
Pls, i just wanna ask, wen is this elections precicely 'precisely'?

presidential election holds on Saturday 14th Feb, 2015 while gubernatorial has been slated for 28th same month.

May 29 is even now looking too far for gej to pack his bags and wife to otuoke.
No reasonable person can tolerate that man a day longer than may 29,we are barely able to live with his demoralising presence each passing day.

resty4:
presidential election holds on Saturday 14th Feb, 2015 while gubernatorial has been slated for 28th same month.

Thanks. I cant wait for it to come and go so all this rasmatas can end.

Btw, no valentines day in nigeria niyen.

stunt89:
#feBUHARI 14

Lol. Yh right. Nice word play.

obiZEAL:
Don't postpone GEJ GMB's doom day o....

...GMB last attempt on presidential polls loading!
TeamGEJ2015

doctokwus:
May 29 is even now looking too far for gej to pack his bags and wife to otuoke.
No reasonable person can tolerate that man a day longer than may 29,we are barely able to live with his demoralising presence each passing day.

Sorry, if election is feb 28, will it take a month to anounce results like waec?