{"id":64893,"date":"2019-02-19T02:48:17","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T01:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=64893"},"modified":"2019-02-19T02:48:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T01:48:17","slug":"polls-postponement-buhari-says-inec-has-to-explain-to-nigerians-what-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/polls-postponement-buhari-says-inec-has-to-explain-to-nigerians-what-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"POLLS POSTPONEMENT: BUHARI SAYS INEC HAS TO EXPLAIN TO NIGERIANS WHAT HAPPENED"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m8170570923829901495\" class=\"mail-message\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja said the Independent National<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m-272884463415247957\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">Electoral Commission (INEC) owed Nigerians detailed explanation for its<br \/>\ndecision to delay the general elections.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the All Progressives Congress (APC) emergency caucus meeting<br \/>\nat the party secretariat, President Buhari said:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2018Definitely, the reasons such incompetence manifested have to be<br \/>\nexplained to the nation.\u00a0 After the elections, we have to know exactly<br \/>\nwhat happened and who is responsible.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2018The constitution and the laws protect INEC but they must not take us for<br \/>\ngranted. If for example, the National Assembly refused to approve what<br \/>\nINEC wanted, then INEC would have more than enough reasons why they<br \/>\ncouldn\u2019t perform.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2018If the time for the constitutional elections, four years after was not<br \/>\nobeyed by the government and the system, INEC will have a case. But we do<br \/>\nnot understand why this inefficiency and we have to move into details<br \/>\nafter the election to find out who\u2019s responsible.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Noting that the electoral commission had all the time and resources it<br \/>\nneeded to conduct the polls, the President said there was no justification<br \/>\n\u2018\u2018to wait for only six hours to postpone the votes\u2019\u2019,\u00a0 in the early hours<br \/>\nof February 16.<\/p>\n<p>The President also used the occasion to warn all political actors to<br \/>\nensure an environment free from intimidation and violence for all eligible<br \/>\ncitizens to peacefully cast their ballot on the Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>The President announced that he has directed security agencies to contain<br \/>\nany acts of lawlessness before, during and after the elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2018We are not going to be blamed of trying to rig the elections. I want<br \/>\nNigerians to be respected. Let them vote whoever they want across the<br \/>\nparties. I am not afraid, I have gone to all 36 states and Abuja and I<br \/>\nthink I have enough support across the country,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>President Buhari urged all APC supporters to vote peacefully in the<br \/>\nupcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2018We have so much to do and I think we should again go back to our loyal,<br \/>\ncommitted people in all constituencies. If anything happens we have nobody<br \/>\nto blame.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2018We have to tell our constituencies that they have to be patient and act<br \/>\nin a very responsible way by going peacefully to vote again, and they<br \/>\nshould depend on party representatives at each of the 176,000 polling<br \/>\nunits,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"conversation-footer\" class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) owed Nigerians detailed explanation for its decision to delay the general elections. 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