BREAKING: Nigerian Electoral Commission, INEC Postpones Governorship, State Assembly Elections By One WeekNigeria’s electoral commission, Independent National Electoral Commission has decided to post
pone Saturday’s Governorship and State Assembly elections by one week.
SaharaReporters earlier reported that INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and his commissioners were in a meeting. The move by INEC comes on the heels of Wednesday’s ruling by the Presidential Election Petition Court sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja granting it permission to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System .
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