The Presidential Candidate of the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the postponement of the general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) but said the development did not dampen his spirit.<\/p>\n
The commission had shifted the Presidential and National Assembly elections from Feb.16 to Feb.23, and moved the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections from March 2 to March 9.<\/p>\n
Abubakar, who spoke to newsmen at his residence in Yola on Saturday, said he was shocked by the development, adding that it was not the best of decision to shift an election few hours to voting time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI received the news with shock; you don\u2019t postpone an election few hours to its commencement,\u201d Atiku said.<\/p>\n
He urged Nigerians to be patient and endeavour to come out and vote on the new dates of the polls. \u201cI urge Nigerians to be patient and come out en masse to vote,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Atiku said he was on his way to Abuja for a PDP emergency meeting over the development, adding that he had no problem with voting materials already distributed for the election as long as they were kept in the \u201cright and secure places\u201d. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Presidential Candidate of the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the postponement of the general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) but said the development did not dampen his spirit. The commission had shifted the Presidential and National Assembly elections from Feb.16 to Feb.23, and moved the Governorship and State […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":97362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,2,4],"tags":[236,4763,163,51],"yoast_head":"\n