{"id":30016,"date":"2019-02-18T13:47:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T12:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=30016"},"modified":"2019-02-18T13:47:36","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T12:47:36","slug":"inec-must-explain-its-incompetence-after-the-elections-says-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/inec-must-explain-its-incompetence-after-the-elections-says-buhari\/","title":{"rendered":"INEC Must Explain Its Incompetence After The Elections, Says Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has questions to answer over the postponement of the general election.<\/p>\n<p>Barely six hours to the\u00a0presidential and national assembly elections on Saturday, INEC announced postponement of the exercise \u2014 blaming this on logistics issues.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting during the All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus meeting on Monday, Buhari said INEC had all the resources it needed to carry out its duties.<\/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>\n<p>\u201cI have to leave my constituency and come to Abuja immediately, because I was told of the decision of INEC about 4:30 in the morning,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told them in my statement at the airport that INEC had all the time and all the resources they wanted and then they have to wait for only six hours to casting the votes to tell us that it is not possible. 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