The rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly elections will hold today at various polling units after it was postponed by a week on February 16.
According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, the election will commence by 8am on Saturday. The voting exercise which will commence at 8am will close at 2pm on Election Day.
Recall that the Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP M.A Adamu ordered the restriction of vehicular movement from 6am – 6pm on the day of the presidential election.
Recall that few hours before the polls were due to open, the commission announced a one-week postponement citing issue of logistics. The announcement triggered widespread criticism across the country.
While the opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, pointed accusing fingers at the ruling All Progressives Party, APC, the ruling party itself joined other stakeholders to condemn INEC for the postponement.
