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Twenty one Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs,
of the Independent National Electoral Commission,
INEC, have rejected a proposal to postpone Nigeria's
general elections billed for February 14 and 28.
In a vote conducted Saturday by the INEC chairman,
Attahiru Jega, after he met with political parties and
the civil society, 21 RECs said the elections should
continue as planned while 16 others voted in
support of a reschedule.
Nigeria has 37 RECs, each for a state and the Federal
Capital, Abuja.
The outcome of the vote came as Nigerians await
INEC's decision on whether the elections are moved
or not.
Civil Society leaders said Mr. Jega had told them at
their meeting that the commission was under
pressure to postpone the polls after all security
agencies, including the military and the police,
warned that they will only support polls held at least
six weeks after the current dates.
Jibrin Ibrahim, a senior fellow at the Centre for
Democracy and Development, CDD, in Abuja, who
was at the meeting, said Mr. Jega told the meeting
that security operatives told INEC that they were
commencing a six weeks special operations against
Boko Haram insurgents in the north eastern
corridors of the country and would rather not be
distracted by the elections.
Mr. Jega announced that the security forces also
said the operations are due to commence on
February 14, the date INEC had planned for the
presidential and federal legislative elections.
Earlier, 17 political parties out of the total 28 voted
in support of an extension.
The opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, has
rejected any plan to postpone the election saying
such calls are sponsored by President Goodluck
Jonathan and the ruling party to stave their
imminent defeat at the polls.
It is not clear what the commission's eventual
decision would be with the latest voting pattern by
the RECs.
Mr. Jega is expected to brief the media any moment
from now.
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of the Independent National Electoral Commission,
INEC, have rejected a proposal to postpone Nigeria's
general elections billed for February 14 and 28.
In a vote conducted Saturday by the INEC chairman,
Attahiru Jega, after he met with political parties and
the civil society, 21 RECs said the elections should
continue as planned while 16 others voted in
support of a reschedule.
Nigeria has 37 RECs, each for a state and the Federal
Capital, Abuja.
The outcome of the vote came as Nigerians await
INEC's decision on whether the elections are moved
or not.
Civil Society leaders said Mr. Jega had told them at
their meeting that the commission was under
pressure to postpone the polls after all security
agencies, including the military and the police,
warned that they will only support polls held at least
six weeks after the current dates.
Jibrin Ibrahim, a senior fellow at the Centre for
Democracy and Development, CDD, in Abuja, who
was at the meeting, said Mr. Jega told the meeting
that security operatives told INEC that they were
commencing a six weeks special operations against
Boko Haram insurgents in the north eastern
corridors of the country and would rather not be
distracted by the elections.
Mr. Jega announced that the security forces also
said the operations are due to commence on
February 14, the date INEC had planned for the
presidential and federal legislative elections.
Earlier, 17 political parties out of the total 28 voted
in support of an extension.
The opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, has
rejected any plan to postpone the election saying
such calls are sponsored by President Goodluck
Jonathan and the ruling party to stave their
imminent defeat at the polls.
It is not clear what the commission's eventual
decision would be with the latest voting pattern by
the RECs.
Mr. Jega is expected to brief the media any moment
from now.
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