Postponement Of Elections In Nigeria, American Government Release Statement Says They Are Deeply Disappointed

                       

Postponement Of Elections In Nigeria, American Government Release Statement Says They Are Deeply Disappointed

Press Statement

John Kerry
Secretary of State

Washington, DC

February 7, 2015

The United States is deeply disappointed by the decision to postpone Nigeria’s presidential election, which had been scheduled for February 14.

Political interference with the Independent National Electoral Commission is unacceptable, and it is critical that the government not use security concerns as a pretext for impeding the democratic process.

CSOs Call For Resignation Of Security Chiefs Over Election Postponement

                                         

The  Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (Situation Room) has called on the security chiefs in the country to resign their appointments immediately over their inability to provide security for millions of Nigerians. 

According to a statement from Agianpe Ashang of the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC), said that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, at a meeting with 12 national commissioners and other stakeholders conveyed that he had received a letter from the security services advising that he postponed the general elections on the grounds that the security agencies were engaged in a renewed battle against insurgency in the North-East that would require their full concentration.

According to Jega in the letter, the military was demanding a rescheduling of elections by at least six weeks.

Full INEC Press Statement on Election

   

Last night being the 7^th of February 2015, INEC chairman Attahiru Jega announced the postponement of the 2015 general elections. Below is the full statement he gave to the press... 

Ladies and Gentlemen, We invited you here today to make known the position of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the timetable for the 2015 general elections. Let me state from the outset that the Commission’s position was reached after carefully weighing the suggestions from briefings held with different stakeholders in the electoral process. 

The conduct of elections in a country like Nigeria is invariably a collective venture that involves not just the Election Management Body (EMB), but also a diverse range of stakeholders, notably security agencies, political parties and their candidates, voters, as well as interest groups, such as the civil society organizations and the media.To guarantee successful conduct of elections, there are things that are wholly the responsibility of the EMB. But there are other things critical for the success of elections, which fall outside the control of the EMB. Continue reading after the cut....

Election Postponement: APC releases a Press Statement Says Its a Major Setback for Democracy

Reacting to the postponement of the election by INEC, APC released a press statement stating that it is provocative but will study it.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has just heard over the news media that The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has decided to postpone the elections by six weeks on the strength of a letter by the security chiefs that they cannot provide security for the elections nationwide because of the commitment of its resources to fight insurgency in the north eastern part of the country. Continue reading after the cut...

INEC Postponed February 2015 General Election. {Official}

             

The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced a shift in the 2015 general election earlier scheduled for February 14 and 28. See the Official statement below after the cut....

Redeemed Church Pastor, Adeboye Changes Profile Picture To Jonathan, Cover Photo To Osinbajo {PHOTOS}

General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has updated his Profile picture and Cover photo of his official Facebook account with the photos President Goodluck Jonathan and professor Yemi Osinbajo. See more PHOTO after the cut....

17 parties demand poll shift at meeting with INEC

Seventeen out of the 28 registered political parties have asked the Independent National Electoral Commission to shift the conduct of the general elections scheduled for February 14 and 28.

The parties canvassed the position at a consultative meeting with INEC, which ended a few hours ago at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.

INEC had on Friday announced that it would hold consultative meetings with all relevant bodies, including the political parties, civil society organisations and the resident electoral commissioners.

A source at the meeting told PREMIUM TIMES that leaders of 12 others, including the leading opposition party, All Progressives Congress, stoutly opposed their colleagues who were demanding the shift of the election.

We Will Take To The Streets If INEC Shifts Election, Says Amaechi

         

THE director general of Buhari campaign organization and Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi, has threatened mass action if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) decides today to shift this month’s election.

Amaechi, who said monumental change is about to happen in Nigeria because the vast majority of Nigerians yearn for it, insisted that the presidential election must hold on February 14 because Nigerians are charged and poised to vote on that day for an inevitable change.

He stated this during the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship campaign rally at Isiokpo, the headquarters of his Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State.

INEC VOTERS CARD UPDATE

These are statistics of people that have collected their voters card and the reason behind some Nigerians calling for postponement of the election if INEC will not be able to meet ut with the peoples demand

"The Transformation has Headed South not West "The difference between APC nand PDP" Gov. Fashola

               

Lagos state governor, Babatunde fashola while Speaking during an APC meeting with organized private sector at Marina, Lagos, today February 2nd, told his audience the difference between APC & PDP, is that “the transformation agenda has headed south not west”

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Gen. Buhari has little mental capacity, extremely superficial - Doyin Okupe

           

Doyin Okupe hits at Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, says he unarguably has little mental capacity, extremely superficial if not pedestrian. see more after the cut.....

We’ll Deliver 20,000mw in Four Years - Buhari

Gen. Muhammadu Buhari the APC presidential candidate and his party APC yesterday unfolds their their plan on power generation in Nigeria if they gets elected.

The party plans to generate at least 20,000 megawatts (mw) of electricity in four years to surpass Nigeria’s consumption level of around 15, 000mw.

Gen Buhari Declines Presidential debate organized Channels TV, Arise TV and NPAN

                   

APC Presidential candidate Gen. Buhari has declined the invitation to attend a presidential debate organized by Channels TV in conjunction with the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria, NPAN and Arise TV, which was supposed to hold tomorrow February 3rd.

Speaking on Channels TV this morning, the APC Director of strategy, Dele Alake, said Buhari will not be attending the debate because their party believes some media organizations have been compromised. He said that they can not vouch for the independence of some organizers of the debate but refused to he disclose those that he claims have been compromised.

If President Goodluck Lose: Niger Delta Militants Receives MASSOB, OPC Backing.

                              

The Niger Delta militant has received a boost from other ethnic pressure group should Goodluck Jonathan loses the february 14 presidential election which is scheduled to hold in space of two weeks from now

Remember that former Commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Victor-Ben Ebikabowei, aka Boyloaf; leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari; and Government Ekpudomenowei, aka Tompolo, the militants had threatened unrest if the President loses his second term bid.

The Ohanaeze Ndi’gbo argued that what the militants meant was that if the election is not fair and credible and Jonathan loses, they will reject the result. This, the Igbo group said, “is a right position to take.”

Dotun Oloko Challenges Okonjo-Iweala Again Over Unreported Federation Account Funds

In the letter, which was also signed by Oloko’s colleagues at Global Witness and The Corner House, he recalled his previous letter of March 24, 2014 on the issue, adding that they remain deeply disturbed by the continuing picture of gross management, misinformation and opacity by the Jonathan administration.

Issues that Will Determine the Winner of 2015 Presidential Election - Orji Uzo Kalu

Despite the prophecies, predic­tions, social media permuta­tions and other forms of dia­lectics, there are some hard facts that must be considered in deter­mining who carries the day when Nige­rians choose their President on Febru­ary 14, 2015. And there are compelling reasons to do so.

Let me quickly state, however, that those factors that influenced the choice of candidates in the past elections will be ex­pectedly quite different this time around. Nonetheless, the economy will still domi­nate discussions in consideration of hap­penings on the international scene, espe­cially the global recession.

Take for instance in 2011 the state of the economy was not as precarious as it is today. The international oil market did not experience the kind of volatility it is un­dergoing at this time.

Gen.Buhari’s Supporters Are Desperate & Unrealistic - Etcetera. Is It True

                                          

Oh dear...., Buhari Suppoters see what Etcetera has to tell you

Stupid is a word that has a broad range of applications, but it generally means a person lacks rudimentary intelligence or the ability to reason. It can also imply a congenital lack of capacity for reasoning, or a permanent state of daze or slow-mindedness. However one defines or applies the word stupid, you can hardly think of the word without directly relating it to the utterances of some Buhari’s supporters; especially the supposedly literate ones.

Over the past week, it became apparent that the level of stupidity inherent in those inclined to support certain politicians at all cost is beyond comprehension. In fact, it is frightening that so many Nigerians of voting age lack the fundamental reasoning ability of a second-grader and are even less-informed about basic facts than a kindergarten.

I have heard some of the most bizarre ideas peddled by some Buhari’s supporters and I am really concerned about the future of this country. I have heard troubling statements like: “It really doesn’t matter if Buhari is qualified or not, he must be the next president and we’ll vote for him. Even if he presents a NEPA bill as certificate, we don’t care, we will vote for him. Are these people for real? 

Buhari Was stoned at APC Lagos Presidential Rally - Obanikoro

He released a statement through his Special Adviser (Media Strategy) Ohimai Amaize.

Immediate past Minister of State for Defence and former PDP Lagos gubernatorial aspirant, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro on Friday chided the All Progressives Congress (APC) over denials that its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari was stoned in Lagos while making his way to the APC Lagos presidential rally.

Senator Obanikoro had condemned the stoning of General Muhammadu Buhari in Lagos on Friday after the news of his stoning broke via online news media platforms and went viral across the social media.

PRESIDENT JONATHAN NOMINATES OBANIKORO, SIX OTHERS AS MINISTERS

President Goodluck Jonathan has forwarded the names of seven new ministers to the Senate for confirmation, African Independent Television [AIT] is reporting.
Among the nominees are a former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, Kenneth Kobani, a former National Treasurer of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria [ACN], who recently defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, and a former Senator, Patricia Akwashiki.

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Murtala Foundation Offers Buhari Fresh Opportunity To Debate With Jonathan

                         

Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), withdrew from the presidential debate organised by Nigeria Election Debate Group (NEDG) on Thursday citing bias for President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but the Murtala Muhammed Foundation (MMF) has now presented both men with another opportunity to face off.

Announcing Buhari’s withdrawal, Garba Shehu, directorate of media and publicity of the APC presidential campaign organisation, explained that the boycott was due to the “unhidden bias and campaign of calumny by some key organisers of the programme, against the corporate political interest of the party (APC) and its candidates”. Shehu argued that the Nigeria Election Debate Group (NEDG) powered debate was fraught with fundamental errors from the outset, by wearing the toga of government control, especially being composed mainly of agencies and allies of the incumbent Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration. “A salutary inspection of the composition of NEGD brings into focus the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON), National Television Authority (NTA), Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) and the Africa Independent Television (AIT, owned by a PDP chieftain),” he said.