INEC bows to pressure; General Elections now march 28th, April 11th

The Independent National Electoral Commission on
Saturday announced a shift in the 2015 general elections
earlier slated for February 14 and 28.
Announcing the postponement at a press conference in
Abuja some few hours ago, the chairman of the
Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, said the presidential and
national assembly elections will now hold on March 28
while the governorship and state houses of assemblies
election will take place on April 11.
The INEC chair blamed the elections postponement on the
inability of the nation’s security agencies to provide
manpower for the elections.
According to Jega, the security agencies told INEC that
they were commencing a six-week special operation
against Boko Haram insurgents in the north eastern part of
the country and would rather not be weighed in by the
elections.
Mr. Jega announced that the security agencies also
informed the commission that operations to dislodge the
sect are due to commence on February 14, the date earlier
slated for the presidential and federal legislative elections.
This decision by the security forces, Jega said, rendered
INEC’s readiness and earlier stance that it was going to go
ahead with the elections a risky venture.