{"id":29967,"date":"2019-02-16T01:24:27","date_gmt":"2019-02-16T00:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=29967"},"modified":"2019-02-16T01:34:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-16T00:34:51","slug":"election-not-postponed-holding-as-scheduled-inec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/election-not-postponed-holding-as-scheduled-inec\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Not Postponed, Holding As Scheduled-INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"adn ads\" data-message-id=\"#msg-a:r4759922724698850267\" data-legacy-message-id=\"168f3ab89207cba1\">\n<div class=\"gs\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\":nk\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":nj\" class=\"a3s aXjCH \">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians the Presidential and National Assembly elections would hold today as earlier scheduled.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The agency however allayed fears election would be postponed whereby debunking rumour making the rounds of the postponement of the election.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">National Commissioner for Voter Education and Publicity at INEC, Mr. Festus Okoye, told DAILY POST Friday night that Nigerians should ignore the rumour.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cIf stories are flying about, allow the stories to fly. What they are reporting is not true.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Meanwhile, the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, said his camp had foiled a plan to rig the polls in favour of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">However, there is a threat to the polls in some areas as the\u00a0 \u00a0INEC offices were set ablaze in Abia, Anambra, and Plateau States by \u2018mysterious fire\u2019, and thousands of electoral materials were burnt.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">There are also threats to the election in parts of Niger State where INEC has announced that elections for the senatorial positions of Niger East and Niger North may not hold today as the ballot papers meant for the zone were missing.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hi\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ajx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gA gt acV\">\n<div class=\"gB xu\">\n<div class=\"ip iq\">\n<div id=\":nl\">\n<table class=\"cf wS\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"amq\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\":lq_0\" class=\"ajn bofPge\" src=\"https:\/\/ssl.gstatic.com\/ui\/v1\/icons\/mail\/no_photo.png\" name=\":lq\" data-hovercard-id=\"dayomanuel2@gmail.com\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians the Presidential and National Assembly elections would hold today as earlier scheduled. 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